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Fredrick Obura |
April 4th 2021 at 02:10:00 GMT +0300
KenGen MD Rebecca Miano
NAIROBI, KENYA: KenGen has embarked on a strategy aimed at aiding partners around the African continent to exploit green energy resources.
Currently, a partnership proposal to drill geothermal wells in Rwanda is under discussion. In February 2019, KenGen was among the consortium of companies awarded Sh7.6 billion contract to drill geothermal wells for the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) in Aluto, Ethiopia.
This was quickly followed by yet another deal to drill twelve geothermal wells in October 2019. The latter contract worth $56.9 million was entered with Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations (TMGO) PLC, an independent power producer in the eastern region of Ethiopia, as part of a World Bank-financed project. The contract involves the supply of drilling materials and provision of operations, maintenance services and geoscientific survey. KenGen is also to install a water supply system an
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Ethiopia s Beles-Jawi Power Transmission Project Completed
The Beles-Jawi electric power transmission line project in Ethiopia s Amhara region was inaugurated yesterday. The project is built at a cost of built with a cost of 387 million birr and sports nine power transmission lines. Inaugurating the project were Seleshi Bekele, Ethiopia s Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, and Agegnehu Teshager, Chief Administrator of the Amhara region.
The entire cost of the project has been covered by the Ethiopian government, Moges Mekonnen, Ethiopian Electric Power s Communication Director, said.
The 61 km long newly inaugurated power transmission plant will receive 132 kilo-volts of electric power, and distributes 33 kilo-volts to customers.
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An African Union panel representing H.E. Félix Tshisekedi, President of The Democratic Republic of Congo and current President of the African Union, has begun talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
The dam is built on the Blue Nile, which originates in Ethiopia’s highlands, joins the White Nile in Sudan, and flows through Egypt. The project has been a source of contention between the countries and was at the heart of the discussion between the delegates.
Negotiations between the three countries began with a meeting held in Egypt with the Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, H.E. Mohamed Abdel Ati, before another meeting with the Sudanese leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
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