Ethiopian Electric Signs Second Substation Construction Contract

Ethiopian Electric Power has signed a 98-million-dollar contract with theChinese company, TBEA Co Ltd, to supply power for two industrial zones, as well as the related residential areas.

The contract was signed by the EEP’s chief executive officer, AzebWorku, and her counterpart from TBEA, Xue Fen, on 27thApril, 2016, at the Hilton Hotel. The contract for the Akaki II-KoyeFeche-Qilinto-Bole Lemi power transmission project consists of two categories – the substation and transmission lines. The substation contract involves the design, construction, erection and commissioning of three substations, at Koye, Qilinto and Bole Lemi, with the first with 400KV and the other two 230KV each in capacity.

At the same time, the second part of the project, the realisation of the transmission lines between the three substations, consists of 26km of 400KV and 230KV lines to connect the three substations. As with to contract one, TBEA will deal with designing, manufacturing, erection and commissioning of the lines.

TBEA, a leading manufacturing company of energy equipment, is known as a global giant in the power transmission and distribution manufacturing industry. It has been behind the construction of nearly 3,000 grid and off grid new energy power stations, with an installed capacity of two gigawatts. TBEA has been in Ethiopia for a couple of years, where it was contracted and completed the 400km transmission line and substation for the Gibe III hydropower dam. The company was also able to secure a 35 million Br contract for the installation of power transmission lines from the dam to the Wolayta substation back in 2013.

The Wolayta project consisted of two lots. The first was a 293km transmission line from the Wolayta distribution station running all the way to Sebeta. While the second was a 51km double circuit line from the Gibe III to the Wolayta distribution station. The dam already began generating power last year and the lines became operational in 2014.

The Bole Lemi project isexpected to take 12 months, with 85pc of the financing said to be from the Chinese ExIm Bank, via commercial loans, and the remainder from the Ethiopian government.

The project is expected to satisfy the power demand of the industrial parks, condominium houses and other new demands around these areas. The Bole Lemi has now became operational after five years of delay. While there has been huge increase in the number of houses built there in

and around Qlinto and KoyeFeteche. Alone in this year, the city has lay the cornerstone for the construction of 50,000 new condo households.

Thisis the second new project EEP has signed during this fiscal year, as far as the construction of substations is concerned. Just a few weeks ago, EEP inked an agreement worth 1.24 billion Br with an Indian company for the development of substations in DebreZeit(Bishoftu), Modjo, Dukem and Ginchi. These substations are designed to support a 1,090km transmission line that will bring power for the railway and other industries.

 

 


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