Ethiopia has awarded two US firms a contract to build, operate and transmit three solar power sites, that is expected to generate upto a total of 300MW in the country’s eastern region
Power Generation
Globeq’s new power plant in Côte d’Ivoire to commence operations in 2015
Power company Globeleq said its new 427 MW power plant project in Côte d’Ivoire has been scheduled to commence commercial operations in early 2015
AfDB awards US$68mn grant for hydroelectric power project in DR Congo
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a US$68mn grant for the Inga hydroelectric power project in DR Congo
Endeavor Energy and Joule Africa to develop hydroelectric power project in Sierra Leone
US-based Endeavor Energy has signed an agreement with Joule Africa to jointly develop a US$700mn hydroelectric power project in Sierra Leone
Egypt to launch tender for first nuclear power plant in early 2014
Egypts Ministry for Electricity and Energy has announced that an international tender to build the country’s first nuclear power station will be launched in January 2014