Sudan seeks to expand Garri Power StationEarlier this week, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, visited Garri Power Station located in Khartoum, Sudan. The project, which is budgeted to cost $566 million, is envisaged to promote the economic development of both Sudan and Ethiopia. Garri Power StationThe AfDB President toured the power station and held a meeting with its management while accompanied by Mustapha Holi, under-secretary of planning, and Abdalla Ali Ibrahim, under-secretary of international cooperation, both of the ministry of finance and economic planning. The Garri Power Station, which was established in 1960, has a generation capacity of 1,745MW and uses hydropower to generate 40% of its electricity supply, while the rest is through thermal power. Planned power projectsThe AfDB revealed that other power projects include the Port Sudan hydro plant with a capacity of 1,500MW, whose phase one was supported by the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 02, 2017 07:53 UTC