#Ethiopia

Ethiopia is planning to construct a 300 MW wind farm, following a deal sealed with AMEA Power, a UAE-based renewable energy company.

Ethiopia has signed an agreement with UAE’s AMEA Power for the construction of a 300 MW wind farm worth $600 million, its finance ministry said on Sunday.

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) has announced power distribution improvement projects in Addis Ababa worth over $57 M.

Ethiopia earned $32.6 M from exporting electricity to neighbouring Sudan and Djibouti, the state power entity announced.

Kenya, Nairobi: Construction of a 1,045 km ‘electricity highway’ between Kenya and Ethiopia has been completed with the facility expected to go live in four months’ time.

Djibouti: The $55 M Second Djibouti-Power System Interconnection Project has been approved by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors.

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa: The African Development Bank has approved two grants totalling $83.6 M to boost trade in electricity between Ethiopia and Djibouti.

Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan’s ministers for foreign affairs and water resources met with the Secretary of the Treasury and the President of the World Bank.

Ethiopia: The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) said it has completed installation of the 433 km of Ethio-Kenya power transmission line.

Ethiopia: The World Bank’s board of executive directors have approved $200 million REGREP to mobilise IDA guarantees under a Multi-Phased Programmatic Approach.

SEFA, managed by the African Development Bank, has recently approved a $995,000 grant to support the sustainable procurement framework for IPPs in Ethiopia.

The State Grid Corporation of China has announced the investment of $1.8 B in Ethiopia’s electricity transmission and distribution networks.

Ethiopia: Siemens signed a long-term deal to help improve Ethiopia’s energy infrastructure.

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Electric Power signed an agreement with Shanghai Electric Group Company for the expansion of substations in three towns of Amhara regional state in Ethiopia at a cost of over $93 million.

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has awarded a $98 million contract to the Chinese company TBEA Contractor Ltd. for the construction of Bole-Lemi and Kilinto industry zone power transmission project in Addis Ababa.

India: Larsen & Toubro’s Power Transmission & Distribution Business has won orders worth $87 million in the international markets.

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa: Tatek Transformers Production Factory operated by the Ethiopian Power Engineering Industry (EPEI) is preparing to export transformers to East African countries, with orders already placed by some neighbouring countries, reports All Africa.

Global transformer manufacturers engaged in the business of transformer production and distribution in Africa have been focusing their attention on developing and expanding their local production capacities in order to position themselves in the Africa’s surging transformer market and respond to the growing demand for this critical electrical equipment.

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa: Turkish-based Sunrise Engineering and Machinery Manufacturing PLC, a company engaged in the business of manufacturing and distribution of transformers in Ethiopia for more than a year, is currently looking to expand its production capacity with an additional investment of $5million to $7.5 million.

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian Power Engineering Industry (EPEI) operating under Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC) has announced its plan to start exporting Ethiopian made power transformers to neighbouring countries.

Ethiopia: A transformer factory with a production capacity of over 10,000 power transformers a year will be built in the country.