Name and Location
Interim gas-fired power plant expansion project, Mozambique.

Client
Aggreko.

Project Description
The project involves the expansion of power generation capacity at Gigawatt Park, in Ressano Garcia, Mozambique, from 110 MW to an estimated 232 MW.

The additional installed capacity of 122 MW will be split between Mozambique power utility Electricidade de Moçambique (32 MW) and Namibian power utility NamPower  (90 MW), based on their specific needs.

Natural gas to the project will be supplied by the Matola Gas Company through its gas infrastructure at Ressano Garcia, enabling Aggreko to generate power using a subconcession agreement with Gigawatt Mozambique SA.

The expansion project will make Ressano Garcia the world’s largest cross-border interim power plant, with more than 232 MW of gas-fuelled power generation.

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 producer to the Southern African Power Pool.

Under the first phase of the project, which started power production in July 2012, Aggreko and its joint venture partner, Shanduka, supplies power to EDM for national energy requirements in Mozambique, and also generates power for the South African utility Eskom.

Value
The project will cost more than $200-million, including fuel costs.

Duration
The new 122 MW power plant is scheduled to go into production in the second quarter of 2013 and will supply power for a minimum of two years.

Latest Developments
Aggreko has signed triparty power purchase agreements with EDM and NamPower to provide 122 MW of gas-fuelled power from the Aggreko interim power plant, located at Gigawatt Park, in Ressano
Garcia.

The agreement follows the authorisation by EDM for the direct supply of power by Aggreko to NamPower.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Aggreko, tel +27 11 357 8900.