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SA, Moz to share 107 MW power plant

An agreement between two leading private entities - Mozambique's Electricidade de Mozambique (EDM), and South Africa's Eskom - is expected to provide a 107 MW power plant, which will use Mozambican gas to provide an interim power supply to both Mozambique and South Africa.

8 Jun 2012

Allafrica.com reports that international power solutions provider Aggreko and SA investment company Shanduka announced that the power plant project - approved by South African energy regulator NERSA and the Departments of Energy and Public Enterprise - will start operation early in the third quarter of 2012.

The power plant will be built at Ressano Garcia, on the Mozambique/ South African border, and the generation capacity of the plant will be split between the two companies - EDM will utilise 15 MW and Eskom will utilise 92 MW. According to Allafrica.com, the total value of the project is likely to be in the region of $250 million over two years, including fuel costs.

Read the full article on http://allafrica.com.