NEWS - NAMIBIA
| 2013-07-23NamPower lists 15 for Kudu
NAMPOWER has selected 15 companies to participate in the construction of the Kudu Power Station.
The national power utility said its board had shortlisted 15 international companies and consortia to participate in the engineering, procurement and construct tender for the design, supply, manufacture, delivery, erection, test and commissioning of the 800 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Kudu Power Station to be built near Oranjemund. The pre-qualification bid closed on 17 June. NamPower said it initially received 45 bids for the pre-qualification tender.
The 15 companies that made the cut are: GS Engineering & Construction, Iberdrola Engineering & Construction, Posco Engineering and Construction Company, Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company, Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios International, Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Technicas Reunidas SA, Ansaldo Energia S.P.A, Siemens AG 10, General Electric Company (GE), Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd, Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd, Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co Ltd, SNC-Lavalin & General Electric and Shaw Power International Inc.
The Kudu Gas power station is expected to be up and running by 2017, potentially making Namibia a net exporter, rather than an importer of electricity.
Currently, Namibia imports more than 50% of electricity from neighbouring countries.
NamPower’s Managing Director Paulinus Shilamba was earlier quoted as saying that the company set to construct the power station will have a 49% share, while NamPower will own 51%. Shilamba said skills to construct the gas power station are not present in Namibia, so these skills will definitely be outsourced from outside the country through a tendering process.
The company which will win the tender will design, manufacture, procure the equipment, construct and commission the power station, and give NamPower a ready power station. “We want to finish all the agreements and by June next year, the construction of the Kudu Gas power station will commence,” he was quoted as saying, adding that Namibia will thus be a net exporter of electricity for the first time in history, and the region will depend on Namibia.
The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has a 54% equity interest in Production Licence 003 which houses the Kudu Gas Field, while partners Tullow Kudu Limited and CIECO Namibia, a special purpose venture, have 31% and 15% interests, respectively. The national power utility will be the sole buyer of electricity from Kudu Power, and will enter into power export agreements for the sale of electricity which will be surplus to Namibian requirements.
– Additional reporting by Nampa
The national power utility said its board had shortlisted 15 international companies and consortia to participate in the engineering, procurement and construct tender for the design, supply, manufacture, delivery, erection, test and commissioning of the 800 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Kudu Power Station to be built near Oranjemund. The pre-qualification bid closed on 17 June. NamPower said it initially received 45 bids for the pre-qualification tender.
The 15 companies that made the cut are: GS Engineering & Construction, Iberdrola Engineering & Construction, Posco Engineering and Construction Company, Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company, Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios International, Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Technicas Reunidas SA, Ansaldo Energia S.P.A, Siemens AG 10, General Electric Company (GE), Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd, Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd, Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co Ltd, SNC-Lavalin & General Electric and Shaw Power International Inc.
The Kudu Gas power station is expected to be up and running by 2017, potentially making Namibia a net exporter, rather than an importer of electricity.
Currently, Namibia imports more than 50% of electricity from neighbouring countries.
NamPower’s Managing Director Paulinus Shilamba was earlier quoted as saying that the company set to construct the power station will have a 49% share, while NamPower will own 51%. Shilamba said skills to construct the gas power station are not present in Namibia, so these skills will definitely be outsourced from outside the country through a tendering process.
The company which will win the tender will design, manufacture, procure the equipment, construct and commission the power station, and give NamPower a ready power station. “We want to finish all the agreements and by June next year, the construction of the Kudu Gas power station will commence,” he was quoted as saying, adding that Namibia will thus be a net exporter of electricity for the first time in history, and the region will depend on Namibia.
The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has a 54% equity interest in Production Licence 003 which houses the Kudu Gas Field, while partners Tullow Kudu Limited and CIECO Namibia, a special purpose venture, have 31% and 15% interests, respectively. The national power utility will be the sole buyer of electricity from Kudu Power, and will enter into power export agreements for the sale of electricity which will be surplus to Namibian requirements.
– Additional reporting by Nampa
