Uganda’s discovered oil reserves are estimated at 6.5 billion shillings and it is believed that if the oil is well utilized, the money from the resource could lift the country from a developing nation to middle-income status. However the country’s quest for more oil continues and now the country is considering exploration in Karamoja.
Posted on : Saturday , 20th December 2014
Tullow Kenya has today handed over an Kshs.18 million water project to the residents of Kataboi in Turkana North consisting of a borehole, solar powered submersible pump and a 20,000 litre storage tank.
Posted on : Friday , 19th December 2014
THE PV Generator solar power project aimed at addressing electricity supply in rural areas has been a success as 840 households in Kongwa, Uyui and Mlele have benefitted.
Project Coordinator from the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Mr Styden Rwebangila, said in Dar es Salaam that the pilot power connection projects include fixing the generators, which use solar power and supply it to the households.
Posted on : Friday , 19th December 2014
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) monthly petroleum information reveals that the nine marginal fields produced 12. 43 million barrels of crude oil in the first eight months of 2014 which is about 2 percent of Nigeria’s total industry output.
Posted on : Friday , 19th December 2014
KPMG has said in its Infrastructure 100 World Markets Report released recently that the $20 billion Trans-Saharan Natural Gas project would help Europe diversify supply by transporting natural gas from Nigeria, through Niger to Algeria and then northwards to Spain and Europe, The Guardian reports.
Posted on : Friday , 19th December 2014
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Posted on : Friday , 19th December 2014
Kenya may soon be home to the largest wind project on the continent of Africa.
Danish wind company Vestas won a contract to provide 365 turbines for a 310 megawatt wind power project in Kenya. The Lake Turkana Wind Power project will be the largest of its kind in Africa, and is expected to generate 15-20 percent of Kenya’s electricity needs when completed. According to project developers, the site is a unique location that is favorable for wind. It is situated at high .... Read more »
Posted on : Friday , 19th December 2014
The governments of Zambia, Kenya and Tanzania have signed an MoU for US$1.2bn to for a power interconnector project between the three countries.
The upcoming project would link the Eastern African Power Pool with the Southern African Power Pool.
Posted on : Friday , 19th December 2014
Kenya Power will Tuesday begin the search for suppliers of street lighting material, bringing a Sh10 billion project to light up Nairobi closer to reality.
The electricity distributor plans to install 54,029 street lights in several parts of the city. It has already received the first tranche of Sh381.2 million from the Treasury to kickstart the project.
Posted on : Friday , 19th December 2014
Ormat Technologies Inc. (ORA), a U.S. developer of geothermal energy, signed a 25-year agreement to supply Kenya Power & Lighting Co. with electricity from a 35-megawatt project.
Ormat’s majority-owned Kenya unit will build and operate the Menengai power plant, according to a statement today from the Reno, Nevada-based company. Construction is expected to begin after financing is completed, and terms of the power sale weren’t disclosed.
Posted on : Friday , 19th December 2014
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will lend the Kenya Government Sh12.2 billion to help pay for more than 300,000 new electricity connections. This follows the signing of a loan agreement Thursday by Treasury secretary Henry Rotich and AfDB Regional Director Gabriel Negatu to finance the implementation of the ‘Last Mile Electricity Connectivity’ project.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto witnessed the signing at State House, Nairobi. En.... Read more »
Posted on : Friday , 19th December 2014
Stainless steel metal and inert gas (MIG) welding wire, locally produced by stainless steel bar and wire producer Wire Products Stainless Steel (WPSS) since 2010, was tested by the Italian Welding Institute, in Genova, in the past two months and found to be similar to products of European quality and standard, WPSS director Clinton Lautenberg tells Engineering News.
Posted on : Friday , 19th December 2014
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