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Infrastructure: Transport, Energy, ICT, Mining and Water | Renewable Energy
The project entails the construction of a 175m high roller compact gravity arch dam and two 1,200MW capacity hydro power generation plants and associated transmission infrastructure on both sides (Batoka North and South) The objective of the project is to improve access to electricity services to the two contracting states and the region by the construction of the Batoka Hydroelectric Scheme Proje…
Infrastructure: Transport, Energy, ICT, Mining and Water | Renewable Energy
The power plant will be set on the Ruzizi River, straddling the common border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is about 5km, as the crow flies, west of the town of Bugarama, Rusizi District, in Rwanda’s Western Province. Ruzizi IV is near three other hydroelectric power stations along River Ruzizi, namely Ruzizi I, II and III. This power plant will be the fourth in a cas…
Infrastructure: Transport, Energy, ICT, Mining and Water | Energy
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to commission a feasibility study for the joint development of 200MW of power from methane gas from Lake Kivu, which straddles their common border. A Memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed by the two countries, but no commitments have yet been made for development of the project. Objectives: Increasing installed capacity f…
Infrastructure: Transport, Energy, ICT, Mining and Water | Energy
The project comprises a power transmission interconnector between Kabwe in Zambia and Iringa in Tanzania, including 1,322km of new transmission lines, of which 414km will be in Tanzania and 908km in Zambia. It will also include the development of nine substations, four new substations and five substation modifications. The project will complete the larger ZTK Interconnection Project. The main obje…
Infrastructure: Transport, Energy, ICT, Mining and Water | Energy
The project entails the development of a double circuit 230kV Sudan-Eritrea power transmission interconnector from Kassala in Sudan via-Tesene-Barentu-Akordat-Keren to Asmara, Eritrea. The project will take three years, including feasibility studies, before being fully operational, and revenues for payment of financing will come from the sale of electricity. Besides enhancing power trade and econo…
Infrastructure: Transport, Energy, ICT, Mining and Water | Energy
Ethiopia and Djibouti signed an agreement for a USD 2 billion second transmission inter-connector between the two countries which will allow Ethiopia to export additional electricity to Djibouti. The transmission line, which covers areas from Semera, in Ethiopia's Afar regional state, to Jaban in Djibouti, is rated at 230 kV which is similar to the first transmission line connecting the two countr…