Ansaldo Energia, a subsidiary of Finmeccanica, has been awarded a contract worth an estimated total of US$388mn
Power Generation
Wartsila wins US$165 million Mauritania power plant contract
One of the leading global suppliers of efficient power plant solutions, Wartsila, has signed a contract to produce and engineer a major power plant to be built in Nouakchott, Mauritania in West Africa
ZESCO rolls out power generation and infrastructure projects

Various projects rolled out across Zambia aim to meet the high demand for electricity in the country. (Image source: ZESCO)
Nawa Mutumweno guides us through the new infrastructure projects Zambian electricity supplier ZESCO plans to roll out as its attempts to improve the quality of the countrys electrical supply and meet the growing demand for power
World Bank loan to ease Zambia power crisis

The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (Zesco) will implement the project within a period of two years. (Image source: TheAlieness GiselaGiardino/Flickr)
The Zambian government and the World Bank have signed an agreement for the implementation of a project worth more than US$56mn which will help reduce power shortages in the country
Nuclear power option on the table in Namibia
A Namibian government minister has left the door open to the possibility that the country could one day host a nuclear power station