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  • Ethiopia: Gilgel Gibe III On a Trial Electric Power Production

    Posted on :Saturday , 29th August 2015

    The largest hydropower plant in Ethiopia, Gilgel Gibe III, started trial electric power production on Tuesday (August 25, 2015), announced the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy.

     
    The dam begins trail production since it stored water that enables the production, Alemayehu Tegenu, Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy told the press. When the trail is success. . .

  • Power: Energy for all in 2020

    Posted on :Saturday , 29th August 2015

    The government will have to act quickly and mobilise funds to connect all of the country's population centres to the national grid in the next five years. With inadequate electricity supplies sapping the country's economic growth, the government has launched several large projects to increase generation capacity and connect more customers to the national grid.

     
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  • US$145mn for Kenya-Tanzania power transmission line

    Posted on :Saturday , 29th August 2015

     The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$145mn loan for the construction of a 510 km power transmission line running through Kenya and Tanzania

    power-transmission-lineThe Kenyan government plans to add 5,000 km power lines to the existing 3,800 km in the next two years. 
    The two countries will use the loan to support their efforts in constructing th. . .

  • East Africa power company invests in smart meters

    Posted on :Saturday , 29th August 2015

     Uganda's retail power distributor Umeme Power Company is reported to be investing US$24mn in automated meter-reading technology that uses smart meters to help it curb energy losses among large commercial consumers

    powerline- gyn9037According to Babungi, the ability to monitor customer consumption and status of metering installations enable real time responses in cases of power t. . .

  • Muzizi hydro-power to be constructed in East Africa

    Posted on :Friday , 28th August 2015

     The Ugandan and two companies from Germany and France has signed a US$ 76m agreement that will see the construction of the Muzizi hydro-power project come to birth and help in providing power to more than 60,000 homes.

     
    Germany Development Bank (KfW) and the French Development Agency are the two other companies that are financing the construction of Muzizi hydr. . .

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