Cambambe 2 opens in Angola.
The 700MW Cambambe 2 hydropower plant has been officially opened in Angola, significantly expanding the country’s electricity generating capacity. In the presence of 500 international guests from the...
View Article18-MW being added to Tedzani hydropower complex in Malawi, Africa.
State-owned Malawi Electricity Generation Co. (EGENCO), Mitsubishi Corp. and Calik Enerji have signed agreements to increase the capacity of the Tedzani hydropower complex, located in Malawi, Africa,...
View ArticleJoule Africa in 25-year power deal with Sierra Leone government.
Joule Africa has announced it has signed a 25 year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Government of Sierra Leone that will see the company expand its hydropower developments. Under the agreement,...
View ArticleNigeria Zungeru HPP completed.
The China National Electric Engineering Company (CNEEC) has disclosed that the Zungeru 700mw hydroelectric power plant in Niger State is at 47 per cent completion stage. The Deputy Project Manager, Mr....
View ArticleNigeria to get extra 16.3MW from 6 small hydro power dams.
Nigeria plans to concession 6 small hydro power dams in the coming weeks, from which it would expect to get an additional 16.3 megawatts (MW) of embedded or off grid clean electricity, the country’s...
View ArticleZesco working to add 9 MW at Chishimba Falls small hydro scheme.
Zesco Limited is currently seeking companies to rehabilitate and extend the 6.2-MW Chishimba Falls small hydro station in Zambia, with generating capacity to more than double. Chishimba Fall is a...
View ArticleMulticonsult to value Zambian power assets.
Multiconsult UK has been appointed by ZESCO, the national power utility in Zambia, to identify and value their generation, transmission and distribution assets, including hydropower facilities. ZESCO...
View ArticleGE powers Ugandan hydro.
Five 50MW Kaplan turbines supplied to 250MW Bujagali project GE has provided electro-mechanical equipment for the 250MW Bujagali hydro plant in Uganda. The work involved supply of five 50MW Kaplan...
View ArticleMambilla: Governor Ishaku expresses doubts over Buhari’s hydropower project.
Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, has expressed reservations over the construction of the 3,050 megawatts Mambilla Hydropower Project approved by the Federal Executive Council. He made this...
View ArticleSeven consortia selected as finalists for 365 MW Cameroon project.
Energy developer Platinum Power SA has pre-qualified seven consortia for the design and construction of a 365 MW hydropower plant near Makay, Cameroon. Named today as finalists for the turnkey contract...
View ArticleGhana Grid Company reports ‘stable’ power supply due to increase in hydro...
The marginal increase in generation from the hydro sources power sector may have contributed to the relative stability in power supply being enjoyed by some Ghanaians. Daily reports released by the...
View ArticleInstallation of two turbines commence at Blue Nile hydro dam.
Ethiopia has begun installing the first two turbines, which will generate 700 megawatts (MW) of electricity, in its 6000 MW hydroelectric plant on its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile....
View ArticleBettering the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement...
Can South Africa’s highly successful Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) be made even better? One man certainly felt it could be if changes were made to the...
View ArticleNigeria Zungeru HPP completed.
The China National Electric Engineering Company (CNEEC) has disclosed that the Zungeru 700mw hydroelectric power plant in Niger State is at 47 per cent completion stage. The Deputy Project Manager, Mr....
View ArticleNigeria to get extra 16.3MW from 6 small hydro power dams.
Nigeria plans to concession 6 small hydro power dams in the coming weeks, from which it would expect to get an additional 16.3 megawatts (MW) of embedded or off grid clean electricity, the country’s...
View ArticleMulticonsult to assess effects of Mpatamanga in Malawi
Multiconsult is to carry out the technical, environmental, social due diligence and additional studies for the proposed Mpatamanga hydropower plant, located on the Shire River in Malawi, after signing...
View ArticleDBSA commits US$4.9 million for Bumbuna II project
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has committed US$4.9 million to finance the remaining project development activities at Joule Africa’s 143MW Bumbuna II hydropower project in Sierra...
View ArticleVoith supplies water to wire solution for small hydropower plant in Burundi
The technology group Voith has won an order to design, manufacture and supply the complete electromechanical equipment for the small hydropower plant Kabu 16 in Burundi. The company will also...
View ArticleMinistry of Hydraulics, Energy & Mines Burundi selected a partner for small...
Through Angelique International Limited, technology group Voith has been selected by the ministry to design, manufacture and supply a complete electromechanical equipment for the hydropower plant. The...
View ArticleGE, China Power picked for $4bn hydropower scheme on Zimbabwe – Zambia border
General Electric (GE) and the Power Construction Corp. of China (Power China) have been picked by the government’s of Zimbabwe and Zambia to build a $4bn hydropower project straddling their border in...
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