Chinese firm, Guangdong Bureau of Coal Geology, plans to invest at least US$3.5bn in building a 1,200MW thermal power plant in Zimbabwe
Power Generation
Zimbabwe to receive funds from India for power station refurbishment
![Bulawayo, Harare and Munyati power stations need upgrading to enhance generation capacity. (Image source: Spartak Vasev/Flickr)](/images/thermal__Spartak_Vasev.jpg)
Bulawayo, Harare and Munyati power stations need upgrading to enhance generation capacity. (Image source: Spartak Vasev/Flickr)
The Indian government will partly finance the refurbishment of three thermal power stations in Zimbabwe which will cost the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) US$300mn
First privately-owned Nigerian power plant to begin operations from March
![Geometric Power will have the capacity to provide uninterrupted power supply once it begins operations. (Image source: sxc.hu)](/images/power1_sxc.hu.jpg)
Geometric Power will have the capacity to provide uninterrupted power supply once it begins operations. (Image source: sxc.hu)
Nigerias first privately-owned power plant, which will be owned and operated by Geometric Power Ltd, will start operations in March 2013
TANESCO and Finnish firm join hands to improve power supply in Das es Salaam
The Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) and Finnish firm Eltel Group Oy have entered into a contract to construct underground high-voltage cables for improving power supply in Dar es Salaam
Transcorp and GE team up to develop power supply in Nigeria
![The agreement has been made in line with GE’s plans to support development in Nigeria. (Image source: sxc.hu)](/images/powergrid_sxc.jpg)
The agreement has been made in line with GE’s plans to support development in Nigeria. (Image source: sxc.hu)
General Electric (GE) and Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp) have signed an agreement to develop power and transport infrastructure in Nigerian