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As Kenya’s economy grows, the country has found itself looking to meet rising demand for power by developing geothermal power to cushion the fragile hydropower generation, which supplies more than 60 per cent of the national grid

Alstom will provide turbines and generators for Sinohydros Zambia hydroelectric project.

Alstom, the global transport infrastructure, power generation and transmission firm, has won a US$26.25 million contract to provide turbines and generators for the 120MW Itezhi-Tezhi hydroelectric project in Zambia

The bid for the power plant to be built on the Kafue River in central Zambia was awarded by Sinohydro Corporation Limited, the Chinese engineering company.

Work on the $250 million project was finally launched by former Zambian president Rupiah Banda in September 2011 after several years of delay, with construction expected to be completed by 2015.

Western Cape Education Minister, Donald Grant, and Vincent Raseroka, Chairman of Chevron South Africa, along with Du Noon Primary School pupils

Oil company, Chevron South Africa, has funded a new US$67,000 library at Du Noon Primary School in Cape Town, which opened recently

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