Imatong Government to begin construction of Katire Hydro-Electric power plant.
The government official Spokesperson’s, Jacob Atari Albano also the Information Minister announced to the media that a formal agreement with a chosen company has been reached upon. He said that on...
View ArticleResistance to hydropower is evaporating as science takes centre stage.
Big dams have a bad reputation. They’re often associated with social disruption and environmental damage. That perception is now shifting. The challenges of climate, urbanisation and economic growth in...
View ArticleCongo Republic inaugurates $109 million hydroelectric dam.
On May 29 Congo Republic inaugurated a $109 million hydroelectric dam constructed by China Gezhouba Group Co Ltd on Monday, in a boost to the oil-producing country’s agriculture and forestry sectors,...
View ArticleUganda: Government power projects face dark future as energy fund dries up.
Laid out in the NRM’s 2016-2021 manifesto is a plan to complete work on 26 hydroelectric power stations and six major power transmission lines. The plan is driven by the desire to ensure Uganda has...
View ArticlePoyry and ECREEE use big data to prove the case for small scale hydropower...
Working in conjunction with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in particular the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), Poyry has mapped the small scale...
View ArticleSino Hydro to hold 36% Hwange equity.
SINO Hydro, the Chinese company which won the engineering procurement and construction contract for the 600 megawatt expansion of Hwange Power Station, will have a 36 percent stake in the power project...
View ArticleTanzania: Magufuli unveils ambitious Stieglers Gorge Hydroelectric project plan.
On his first leg of a three-day working tour of the Coast Region, President John Magufuli has outlined the ambitious projects, among them, plans to build a grand Stieglers Gorge hydroelectric project...
View ArticleMusanze hydro power plant project to add 3.6 megawatts on national grid.
Construction of new Musanze hydropower plant which was launched on 21st June 2017 is expected to add at least 3.6 megawatts to the national grid. The plant is being constructed on Mukungwa River in...
View ArticleHopes raised for resumption of 3,050mw Mambilla hydro project.
Hopes that the long delayed construction of the 3,050MW Mambilla hydropower project in Taraba State will resume soon were raised on 19th June when a ‘No Objection’ certificate from the Bureau of Public...
View ArticleTanzania: Ethiopian Experts Jet in for Stiegler’s Gorge Project.
A promise by the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, to bring a team of dam experts to help in the implementation of Stiegler’s Gorge hydroelectric project envisaged to pump into the...
View ArticleSlashed N17bn Mambilla hydro budget is FG’s counterpart funding – Fashola.
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said the N17 billion slashed by the National Assembly in the 2017 budget proposal of Mambilla hydropower project was the federal...
View ArticleTanzania to speed up hydropower project on UNESCO site.
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli plans to speed up the building of a hydroelectric dam in one of Africa’s largest game reserves, despite criticism from environmentalists and UNESCO. The long-planned...
View ArticleCameroon – Natchigal Hydroelectric Dam: 1500 jobs planned in 5 years.
On June 22, 2017 Jean Ernest Ngalle Bibehe Massena Minister of Secondary Education (Minesec) signed a partnership with Natchigal hydro power company (Nhpc). This partnership is linked to the upstream...
View ArticlePower China’s hydropower facility in Cote d’Ivoire begins operations, builder...
The Soubre hydroelectric power station in Cote d’Ivoire began operations on Friday, its builder, Power Construction Corp of China (Power China), said in a post published on its website. With an...
View ArticleCongo’s Inga 3 hydro project start-up delayed until 2024/25: Govt.
Democratic Republic of Congo said late on Monday that its Inga 3 hydroelectric project is not expected to begin producing power until 2024 or 2025, not 2020 or 2021 as originally planned. The $14...
View ArticleVidullanka to commence second hydropower project in Uganda.
Vidullanka PLC is set to commission its second foreign project in Uganda with the construction of 6.5MW Bukinda Small Hydropower plant. The construction of the project is expected to commence during Q4...
View ArticleUganda: Power tariffs reduced by Shs1.
In Summary UMA members altogether consume 70 per cent of the electricity distributed in Uganda. They have for years called for the lowering of the end-user tariffs to reduce their costs of production...
View ArticleChinese-built hydropower plant delivers genuine benefits to Cote d’Ivoire...
A magnificent building has emerged at the Sassandra River of western Cote d’Ivoire in Africa, about 400 km from its economic capital of Abidjan. About a week ago, a ceremony was held here to officially...
View ArticleCongo revamps Inga hydro project in bid to make it economical.
Democratic Republic of Congo has decided to more than double the size of its planned Inga 3 hydroelectric plant to make it more economical, after the $14 billion project was hit by financing problems....
View ArticleCameroon unveils Lom-Pangar Hydroelectric Dam project.
Cameroon has officially launched the construction works for the 30MW Lom-Pangar Hydroelectric Dam project in the Belabo sub-division of the East Region. The President of the African Development Bank...
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