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The United Kingdom-headquartered company has signed Tri-Party Power Purchase Agreements with Electricidade de Moçambique, the Mozambique power utility and NamPower, the Namibian power utility, to provide 122MW of gas-fuelled power from the Aggreko interim power plant located at Gigawatt Park at Ressano Garcia, Mozambique.
The agreement follows the authorisation by EDM for the direct supply of power by Aggreko to NamPower and will see the installed capacity of 122MW split between the two utilities with EDM utilising up to 32MW and NamPower up to 90MW, based on the specific needs of both utilities.
Rupert Soames, chief executive of Aggreko plc said the new project will make Ressano Garcia the world’s largest cross-border interim power plant, with over 232MW of gas-fuelled power generation.
“It underlines the immense potential of the Southern African Power Pool to be a real conduit of co-operation and development among the countries of Southern Africa.
“The fact that three national utilities are collaborating to support each other’s energy requirements is testament to the benefit of working together for the common good,” Rupert said.
Paulinus Shilamba, managing director, NamPower, said the approach to securing an effective power supply for the people of Namibia is a great example of the spirit of Southern African co-operation.
Augusto Sousa Fernando, CEO of EDM, welcomed the second phase of the Aggreko interim power plant at Ressano Garcia, which will assist EDM and its partners in the SAPP to bridge the period until they implement permanent plants in Mozambique.
Aggreko built the facility at Ressano Garcia in 2012 as part of an ambitious project in which it became the first cross-border, interim Independent Power Provider to SAPP.
The new 122MW plant is scheduled to go into production in the second quarter of 2013 and will supply power for a minimum of two years.
Natural gas to the project will be supplied by the Matola Gas Company SA through their gas infrastructure at Ressano Garcia and Aggreko will generate power utilising a sub-concession agreement with Gigawatt Mozambique SA.
The total value of the project is likely to be in excess of US$200 million, including fuel costs. – CAJ News.
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