Mega Tanzanian power line to be ready by 2018
A Mega Tanzanian power line is scheduled to be completed in the next two years paving way for the country to sign power trade agreements with member states of the East African Community after completion of the 400 kilovolt Mega Tanzanian power line .
Sospeter Muhongo, the Minister for Minerals and Energy said last week that the first phase $453.7 Mega Tanzanian power line project that is 670 kilometres long from Iringa in the southern highlands of the country to Shinyanga on the outskirts of Lake Victoria, will be complete by 2018.
Construction of Ethiopia-Kenya power transmission line begins
A Chinese firm has began the construction of a major power transmission line project within Ethiopia. The firm China Electric Power Equipment and Technology (CET) announced Monday that it had officially commenced the construction of the Ethiopia-Kenya power transmission line
Expected to cost USD1.26 billion the Ethiopia-Kenya power transmission line is financed by the African Development Bank. It runs about 1,045km, of which 445km is within Ethiopia’s territory and the rest in Kenya.
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Construction of Morocco’s First solar thermodynamic plant in good course
The construction of Morocco’s first solar energy thermodynamic plant is in good course and will be completed on time.
According to Enerray Morocco, the power plant which is based in Guerir, Ville Vert Mohammed VI, Green Energy Park site, 70 km from Marrakech will is expected to be one of its kind.
Read more: Construction of Morocco’s First solar thermodynamic plant in good course
AfDB boosts Ethiopian power sector
African Development Bank (AfDB) has released US$104m to help boost Ethiopian power sector.
Ethiopia intends to escalate its electrification rate to 90% in order to, meet the growing power demand in the country by 2020. The country is in the process of constructing what would be the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa-the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
