Green Energy
- South Africa Opens Its Biggest Solar Plant
The new 96 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power project in South Africa's Northern Cape province is now online and will help the country meet its critical electricity needs. The Jasper plant, near Kimberly, is the largest on the continent and...
- Toshiba Dips Toes Into African Lava: New Geothermal Plant To Go Online In 2014
Toshiba has been tapped to supply equipment for Kenya’s newest geothermal power generation project. The company will supply geothermal steam turbines and generators early next year, which will go online in April 2014. Once the new power plant is active,...
- Tanzania Calls For Power Plant Bids
Sunday, April 3, 2011Tanzania is looking to construct emergency power plants to supply 260 MW and has issued a tender for contractors. "A tender has already been announced to seek a contractor that will meet the required standards and come up with affordable...
- Brazilian State Minas Gerais To Invest $324 Million In Solar Pv Projects
Article originally published in www.cleantechnica.com, on May 11th 2015Minas Gerais, the south-eastern state of Brazil, has announced that it will start auctions of solar photovoltaic power plants later this year.The state government recently announced that...
- Kyocera Tcl Completes Work On Floating Mega-solar Plants
Article originally published in http://www.greentechlead.com/, on april 21st 2015Kyocera TCL Solar has completed construction of two floating mega-solar power plants in Kato city, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.The joint venture company formed by Kyocera...
Green Energy
NSSF power project on course
| By ORTON KIISHWEKO, THE 150MW National Social Security Fund (NSSF) power project is likely to get a boost of $100m (160bn/-) in the ongoing bidding process. In an interview on Sunday , the NSSF Procurement Manager, Ms Amina Abdallah, confirmed that the bids have reached advanced stages and that they would be announced before the year ends. "I cannot give details since we are in the last stages but this should come before the year ends," she said. Four companies have submitted bids for the tender including BGR Energy (Siemens Machines) $183,520,000, Megawatt (Rolls Royce machine): $155, 273,820); Megawatt (GE machine): $177,901,620; and Isolux Corsan: $143,987,200. In an interview, Megawatt Power's Chief Executive Officer Mr Joseph Adir said: "My company has $100m of finance readily available for the project. We have been working in the country for the last 12 months to bring them in," he said. According to Mr Adir, the Rolls Royce technology, is designed to save the country more than $30m every year in fuel costs. In another bid, Megawatt Power has proposed state-of-the-art, six GE TM2500+ mobile power plants -- each of the plants is capable of producing ISO 26.5MW of power utilizing gas, diesel or jet fuels. "These mobile power plants can be flown into the country within 48 hours", he said. Mr Adir reiterated Megawatt Power's commitment to community development in Tanzania via its 'Turn On The Light' initiative, which provides rural communities with high-tech SolarWind hybrid micro generator solutions that help produce free electricity. The power project was recently broadened from an emergency plan to a long-term undertaking, in a shift which the NSSF director for Planning, Investment and Projects, Mr Yacoub Kidula, recently said had been occasioned by the fact that the emergency aspect has ceased to be as pressing as it was when they drew the original plan. He said the procured turbines would be installed in Mkuranga, Coast Region, and be connected to the national power grid managed by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco). Initially, the plan was to install the turbines at the Ubungo facility on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam city, but it was shelved due to inadequate space. Tanesco Public Relations Manager, Ms Badra Masoud, confirmed that the two entities had agreed on the new location for the turbines. NSSF was on the list of institutions tasked to produce power on an emergency basis. In August this year, the government unveiled its plans to raise 1.24 trn/- for emergency power generation to save the country from lengthy power rationing schedules. The plan, made public in Parliament by Energy and Minerals Minister William Ngeleja, included importation of 205MW by Symbion Power and 100MW by Aggreko International. The two firms are privately owned with the former having bought off the controversial Dowans company. According to the minister, NSSF was supposed to import generators with a capacity of 150MW at a cost of $162 million (over Sh243 billion). The generators were initially scheduled to land in the country by last month. | |
- South Africa Opens Its Biggest Solar Plant
The new 96 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power project in South Africa's Northern Cape province is now online and will help the country meet its critical electricity needs. The Jasper plant, near Kimberly, is the largest on the continent and...
- Toshiba Dips Toes Into African Lava: New Geothermal Plant To Go Online In 2014
Toshiba has been tapped to supply equipment for Kenya’s newest geothermal power generation project. The company will supply geothermal steam turbines and generators early next year, which will go online in April 2014. Once the new power plant is active,...
- Tanzania Calls For Power Plant Bids
Sunday, April 3, 2011Tanzania is looking to construct emergency power plants to supply 260 MW and has issued a tender for contractors. "A tender has already been announced to seek a contractor that will meet the required standards and come up with affordable...
- Brazilian State Minas Gerais To Invest $324 Million In Solar Pv Projects
Article originally published in www.cleantechnica.com, on May 11th 2015Minas Gerais, the south-eastern state of Brazil, has announced that it will start auctions of solar photovoltaic power plants later this year.The state government recently announced that...
- Kyocera Tcl Completes Work On Floating Mega-solar Plants
Article originally published in http://www.greentechlead.com/, on april 21st 2015Kyocera TCL Solar has completed construction of two floating mega-solar power plants in Kato city, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.The joint venture company formed by Kyocera...