Tanzania’s contractors have committed to set up a 400 kilovolt (kV) transmission line alongside other accompanying substations. This development which is line with the Kenya-Tanzania Power Interconnection Project involves the construction of an overhead transmission line from Singida in Tanzania to Isinya in Kenya. Advertisements
Kibo Energy PLC (Kibo) the multi-asset, Africa focused energy company, has renewed and expanded its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mozambican state-owned electric utility, Electricidade de Mocambique (EDM), to advance the financing, construction and operation of the Benga Independent Power Project (Benga) in Mozambique.
Read MoreGlobeleq, along with CDC Group plc (CDC) and TCQ Power, celebrated the start of construction of the 57-MW Western Area Power Generation Project in Sierra Leone. The president of Sierra Leone, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, led the ground-breaking ceremony at the future power plant site.
Read MoreNigeria’s Transnational Corporation (Transcorp) said March 13 it has commissioned a 115 MW gas-fired turbine at its Ughelli power plant in Delta state.
Read MoreThe Sumitomo Corporation has joined another Japanese heavy industry company IHI to build a natural gas-fired power plant in Mozambique, reported Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei).
Read MoreA Japanese consortium will oversee the construction of a natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant to strengthen the supply of electricity to the city of Maputo, capital of Mozambique, from 2018 onwards, Mozambican daily newspaper Notícias reported. The consortium consists of Tokyo Electric Power Services Co. (TEPSCO) and Oriental Consultants Japan Co. (Oriconsul), and the advisory and supervisory contract signed with Mozambican state power company EdM marks the beginning of the project.
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