WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 328 / 356
being funded by a loan from the Kuwaiti Fund. EDD also has plans to construct an
18-MW facility in Marabout.
• Studies are being conducted to evaluate the geothermal potential of Eritrea’s Alid
region. Initial results indicated that temperature and permeability conditions were
favourable for an electrical-grade geothermal resource. Djibouti and Uganda are also
exploring the possibility of utilizing geothermal resources for power generation.
• The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPC) has plans to significantly increase
the country’s electric generating capacity. A 34-MW hydroelectric plant on the Fincha
river in western Ethiopia has been completed, while existing facilities on the Koka
and Tis Abay rivers are being upgraded.
• The EEPC is also constructing hydroelectric facilities on Ethiopia’s Gilgel-Gibe (184
MW) and Blue Nile (73 MW) rivers. A 150-MW hydroelectric facility on the Gojeb river
is expected to become operational by 2003. Additional hydroelectric facilities are
planned on the Tekeze, Tana, Beles, and Halele Werabisa rivers.
• Kenya has several independent power projects (IPPs) in various stages of
development. The coal-fired Nairobi South plant was completed in 1997, while the
75-MW Kipevu II plant is scheduled for completion by the end of 1999. Kenya plans
to generate 25% of its electricity from geothermal energy by 2017.
• Two Chinese firms, the International Water and Electric Company and the Machinery
Export and Import Company, have agreed to finance 75% of the Kajbar hydroelectric
facility in northern Sudan. The $200 million project will be located on the Nile, and will
have a capacity to generate 300 MW.
• The 180-MW Owens Falls hydroelectric facility, located in southern Uganda on the
Nile, is being expanded to include an additional 200 MW of generating capacity.
Altogether in Africa there are many projects that foresee the expansion of the electric net,
according to the possibilities of every state. The principal obstacles seem to be the
dependence from non renewable sources (such as oil, gas, diesel oil, coal) to feed the
electric plants. A big problem is also caused by the vandalism (of electric structures) and by