Jebba and Kainji hydro power plants owed N44bn – Mainstream MD.
The Managing Director (MD) of Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited, Engr. Lamu Audu, told journalists after a facility visit to Jebba and Kainji Hydro Power Plants that his company was being owed N44...
View ArticleLiberia: Mt. Coffee Hydro Testing has begun on Dec 3.
Testing of the first generating unit of the Mt. Coffee Hydro Power Plant in Harrisburg has begun on Saturday, December 3. The turbine, which has a capacity of 22 megawatts, will be tested ahead of the...
View ArticleFalling water levels hurt biggest Sub-Saharan hydro plant.
Sharply falling water levels at Mozambique’s Cahora Bassa dam, sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest hydropower plant, are threatening electricity supplies to countries including South Africa, which buys about...
View ArticleLiberia: Mount Coffee hydro comes back to life on December 15.
Liberia is on the verge of accelerating its economic gains and bringing life back to the streets of Monrovia with the turning on of the Mount Coffee Hydro – the first time in 26 years – on Friday,...
View ArticleKano state hydro project to provide constant electricity to 100 companies.
The Kano State Government says it has concluded plans to provide 100 companies out of the 600 in the state with constant power supply. Alhaji Rabiu Bako, the State’s Commissioner of Commerce,...
View ArticleZimbabwe responding to limitations of hydro power.
There are parts of Zimbabwe where consistent drought is putting intolerable pressure on local communities. Indeed, many rural areas are in difficulty thanks to the impact of the extreme weather, which...
View ArticlePower: Why Gencos can’t deliver 6000 MW target.
Contrary to the expectations of Nigerians that they would soon have improved electricity supply of 6,000 megawatts in the country, which was the target for 2016 set by the federal government earlier in...
View Article6.6-MW Aba Samuel hydropower plant returned to Ethiopia following completion...
The 6.6-MW Aba Samuel hydropower plant is now back in Ethiopian hands following the completion of a Chinese-led rehabilitation and handover ceremony this week. The small hydro project is Ethiopia’s...
View ArticleLow water levels at 2,075-MW Cahora Bassa hydropower project in Mozambique...
Water levels at the 2,075-MW Cahora Bassa hydroelectric project in Tete province, Mozambique, are dangerously low, according to the facility’s operator, Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB). As a...
View ArticleNigeria, China Exim Bank reach $1.3bn power plant deal.
The Federal Government, in partnership with the China Exim Bank, will spend about $1.3bn on the construction of a 700 megawatt-capacity Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant Project. The Vice President,...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Gibe III Hydro-electric dam to be inaugurated on Saturday.
Ethiopia’s Gibe III hydro-electric dam, the third and largest in a series of cascading hydro-electric projects on the Omo River, will be officially inaugurated on Saturday. The Gibe III dam, with an...
View ArticleMilestone for Liberia’s energy infrastructure: Mount Coffee hydropower plant...
Opening ceremony with more than 300 international guests Voith components make significant contribution to Liberia’s economic development – electricity for more than 1 million people Power plant...
View ArticleAfDB approves financing to Kainji and Jebba hydro power project in Nigeria.
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB or the Bank) has approved a financing package of US$100 million, comprising US$80 million loan and US$20 million equity for the...
View ArticleBatoka Gorge Hydro Power Station talks on cards.
THE Governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe will this week hold a meeting to discuss the way forward on the impending development of the Batoka Gorge Hydro Power Station. The Batoka Gorge Hydro Power...
View ArticleKano to inaugurate 100 megawatt power plant by Q1 2017.
The Kano State ongoing Hydro Power Plant project in Tiga, Bebeji Local Government Area has reached 85 per cent completion and will be inaugurated by the first quarter of 2017, Mohammed Garba, the Kano...
View ArticleKabompo hydro power project stalls.
Delays in getting title deed and pending finalisation of purchase agreements have affected progress at the Kabompo Hydro Power Project in North-Western Province being developed by the Copperbelt...
View ArticleNext phase in Ethiopia’s hydro scheme up and running.
The third dam in Ethiopia’s hydro-power plant complex, Gilgel Gibe III, which will provide 1,870MW of clean energy, came on line last week. The Gilgel Gibe III dam is a 243m high roller-compacted...
View ArticleZinwa to set up 18 hydro power plants.
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority plans to set up mini-hydro power plants at 18 selected dam sites across the country as it seeks to compliment Government’s efforts to improve the current power...
View ArticleAfDB awards US$992,000 grant for 7.8-MW Mutunguru small hydropower project in...
The Africa Development Bank (AfDB)–managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) recently announced it has approved a US$992,000 grant for the 7.8-MW Mutunguru hydropower project located on the...
View ArticleDrought hits Kenyan hydroelectric output, prices set to rise.
Drought in Kenya means the African country will have to generate more of its electricity using diesel due to a fall in hydroelectric power, with the energy ministry predicting a rise in prices between...
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