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The power system interconnection project involved the construction of a high voltage transmission line from Ethiopia to Sudan to utilise surplus hydropower from Ethiopia to replace oil-based thermal generation in Sudan. The interconnection was also intended to allow for pooling of reserves in emergency situations, which would allow electricity to be transferred from Sudan to Ethiopia during times of severe hydrological conditions in Ethiopia. The interconnection will also achieve considerable savings in the operation of power plants in the long run. The Ethiopia-Sudan Transmission Interconnection Project comprised of a new 194 km double circuit 230/220 KV transmission line linking Shehedi in Ethiopia to Gedaref in Sudan; reinforcement of Ethiopia’s existing 260 km single circuit line linking Bahir Dar to Gonder and Shehedi; and a new 36.5 km high voltage, double circuit, 230/220 kV, three phase alternating current transmission line linking Shehedi to Metema at the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The transmission capacity of the power lines is 100 MW. The construction phase of the project was nationally funded and implemented between 2009 and 2013.

This project forms part of the ELTAM transmission interconnector which connects the power markets of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Mali. In particular, it involves the reinforcement of the Tunisia part of the 220 km / 400 kV Algeria to Tunisia section from the Algeria border to Jendouba in Tunisia.

ZiZaBoNa creates a new Western Transmission Corridor in Southern Africa, by linking the power systems of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. This part of the project involves the construction of a 231 km / 330 kV transmission interconnector from Livingstone Substation (Zambia) to Zambezi Substation at Katima (Botswana), with a transmission capacity of 300 MW. Here it joins the Caprivi HVDC link.

Construction of a transmission line that connects the power networks of Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya. This project includes the 96km Kenyan section of the 2,800km ZTK interconnector, which runs from Arusha in Tanzania to Isinya in Kenya. In Kenya, the line will be linked to the high-voltage direct current interconnector between Kenya and Ethiopia

 The Project is located in Eastern Equatorial state of South Sudan. It is in the southern part of Magwi County, approximately 39 kilometres south of Magwi, near the border with Uganda - South Sudan Uganda Border. This MPP Water resources development project will result in a 520 Mm3 dam, 10MW electricity, 21,800ha of irrigation, and up to 36,000m3 /d water. A pre-feasibility study has been done and now requires a feasibility, ESIA & RAP, detailed design and project implementation. USD 3m has been included in NEL-IP for studies. A preliminary estimate for implementation is USD 41.6m

Construction of a transmission line (580 km / 500 kV) that connects the power networks of Ethiopia and Sudan to facilitate trading in electricity and promote power systems stability. The interconnector will have a transmission capacity of 3000 MW. The Project also includes two new, 500kV capacitated substations at Rabak and Jebel Aulia (both in Sudan), and power line bay extensions at the following existing substations: Grand Renaissance (500kV Ethiopia), Rabak (220kV, Sudan) and Jebel Aulia (220kV, Sudan). Construction of a 500kV transmission line and the associated substations that connects the power networks of Ethiopia and Sudan to facilitate trading in electricity and promote power systems stability. The line will be 580 km in total, 564 km in Sudan, terminating in Khartoum, 16 km in Ethiopia, terminating at the Grand Renaissance Dam. The Project also includes two new, 500 kV capacitated substations at Rabak and Jebel Aulia (both in Sudan), and power line bay extensions at the following existing substations: Grand Renaissance (500kV Ethiopia), Rabak (220kV, Sudan) and Jebel Aulia (220kV, Sudan). It is expected that the project would assist the two partners to obtain the following specific benefits: to promote power system stability in the countries concerned; to promote energy connectivity among the countries by assisting them to integrate their respective networks and thereby develop ability for building larger power projects to meet larger regional markets; to develop ability to negotiate better terms for procurement of power equipment and technical assistance; to reduce the cost of power in both countries; in the long term, complete integration of the power systems in Egypt and Sudan; and to create productive employment and economic development across the borders. The main objectives of the project include provision of transmission capacity to cater for grid interconnection between Egypt and Sudan, provision of transmission infrastructure to cater for future grid interconnections to other countries, promotion of regional cooperation through sharing of power generation resources and facilitation of rural electrification and improve the standard of living for the population in project areas

ZiZaBoNa creates a new Western Transmission Corridor in Southern Africa, by linking the power systems of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. This part of the project is the first phase of the bigger ZiZaBoNa project and involves the construction of a 101 km / 330 kV transmission interconnector from Hwange Power Station to Victoria Falls Substation in Zimbabwe and construction of the 14km Victoria Falls to Livingstone cross-border link with a transmission capacity of 300 MW.

ZiZaBoNa creates a new Western Transmission Corridor in Southern Africa, by linking the power systems of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. This part of the project involves the construction of a 76 km / 330 kV transmission interconnector from Pandamatenga Substation (Botswana) to Victoria Falls Substation (Zimbabwe), with a transmission capacity of 300 MW.

The name ZIZABONA was derived by taking the first two letters of the following country names: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. It is a 400/330kV Interconnector line envisaged to establish the required infrastructure to interconnect the countries as indicated above. The project will enable the wheeling of power north south or vice versa via the Zambezi HVDC Link. The ZIZABONA project components include a direct line from Mukuni (previosuly known as Livingstone) to Zambezi together with a radial connection from Victoria Falla to Pandamatenga.  The project consists of the construction of the following key transmission lines; Zimbabwe (Hwange) - Zambia Livingstone (Mukuni) - 101km (Hwange to border) and 14km (border to Mukuni) Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls) - Botswana (Pandamatenga) - 76km Zambia (Mukuni) - Namibia (Zambezi) - 231km  

The Dal project site is located on the Nile in Sudan some 280 km downstream of Dongola and immediately upstream of Lake Nubia / Lake Nasser. The project comprises of a 30 m high dam with 1400 m long crest and 400 MW installed generation capacity. The dam will create a reservoir of area 300 km2 and 2470 MCM storage volume. It also includes the construction of 240 km 220 KV AC double circuit power transmission line from Dal to Dongola. Prefeasibility studies were completed in 2007 with grant funding from the African Development Bank under the Easer Nile Power Trade Program.

The project is code named "ANNA" meaning the interconnection between Angola and Namibia. The proposed interconnector involves the construction of power transmission routed via the proposed Baynes Hydropower Plant in Lower Kunene, Namibia, to link the Namibian and Angolan electricity networks in the north western part of Namiiba and the southern part of Angola. 

O projecto faz parte da interligação de transmissão Inga-Cabinda-Pointe Noire, ligando os sistemas de energia da RDC, Angola e Congo, com uma capacidade de transferência de 600 MW.

This project forms part of the ELTAM transmission interconnector which connects the power markets of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Mali. In particular, it involves the reinforcement of the Libya part of the 340 km / 500 kV Egypt to Libya section from the Egypt border to Tobruk.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD ) formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as Hidase Dam, is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia currently under construction. It is in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, about 40 km east of the border with Sudan. At 6,000 MW, the dam will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa when completed, as well as the 8th largest in the world. The reservoir at 72 billion cubic meters will be one of the continent's largest. According to the Ethiopian government, as of June  2017, the Dam is 60% complete.

1. Volet interconnexion des réseaux électriques du Cameroun et du Tchad: L"’interconnexion Ngouandéré (Cameroun) et Gassi (Tchad) comprend : Des lignes bi ternes et mono terne 225 kV en courant alternatif sur une longueur de 1024 km dont 786 km au Cameroun et 238 km au Tchad ; Une ligne mono terne 110 kV d’une longueur de 250 m reliant le poste existant de Ngaoundéré et le nouveau poste  de Ngaoundéré de 225 kV ; Une ligne mono terne 110 kV d’une longueur de 2 km reliant le poste existant de Maroua et le nouveau poste  de Maroua de 225 kV ; Un cAcble souterrain A  une tension de 90 kV reliant le poste actuel de Gassi au nouveau poste de Gassi de 225 /90kV; Emprise du Corridor : 30 m de part et d’autre de la trajectoire de la ligne soit un corridor de 60 m de largeur ; Poste haute tension 225 kV : 7 nouveaux postes dont 4 au Cameroun et 3 au Tchad Il s"’agit : Au Cameroun des postes de Ngaoundéré, de Lagdo (Garoua), de Maroua et de Kousseri ; Au Tchad des postes de Bongor, de Nguelendeng et de Gassi; Extension des postes : de  Ngaoundéré, de Maroua au Cameroun et celui de Gassi au Tchad. 2. Volet Electrification Rurale Le long de la trajectoire de la ligne, 2031 localités du cA´té du Cameroun et 69 du cA´té du Tchad se trouvant sur un rayon de 25 km ont été identifiées en vue de leur électrification; 460 localités dont 409 au Cameroun et 51 au Tchad ont été retenues et seront électrifiées suivant différentes technologies et principalement par la technologie de réseau moyenne tension. Certaines par système de soutirage système utilisé en Afrique du Sud et de par le monde.

Construction of a petroleum pipeline between Eldoret, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda. This involves the section from Eldoret to the border with Uganda.

Construction of petroleum pipeline between Malaba, Kenya to eastern side of Kampala, Uganda. It is envisaged that the 210 km,  8 inch diameter pipeline will move Malaba to Jinja (130 km) and then Jinja to Kampala (80 km). It will have a pumping rate of 168 m3 per hour and an annual capacity of 1.2 million cubic meter. The pipeline will carry refined petroleum products from the Kenyan port city of Mombasa to Nairobi, then continue to Eldoret. It was then to be extended to the Kampala, Uganda from Eldoret. The total construction cost for the Eldoret-Kampala-Kigali portion of the pipeline is estimated at approximately US$5 billion. In November 2014, the International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank, pledged to lend US$600 million towards the construction of the Eldoret-Kampala section of the project. The Kampala terminal will have a capacity of 72,000 m3 and comprise of 7 products and 4 interface tanks. It is estimated that the Malaba-Kampala line will cost USD 96.9 million. The Uganda Government is considering relocating the storage facility from the eastern side to the west side of Kampala city. The Ugandan Government has acquired land in Namwambula village for setting up the multi-user storage terminal  It will among other things: Serve as a distribution center for petroleum products from the refinery to market centers in Kampala, Western Kenya, Northern Tanzania and Rwanda A storage and distribution centre for imported petroleum products A delivery point for the planned Hoima - Kampala products pipeline and the planned Eldoret (Kenya) - Kampala (Uganda) products pipeline. It will as well serve as the starting point for the planned Kampala (Uganda)-Kigali (Rwanda) products pipelineCurrent truck transportation rates vary from $40 - $ 42 per m3. Total duration to procure, construct and commission 2 to 2.5 years. The feasibility study for the Eldoret to Kampala pipeline extension was awarded to an international firm in 1997. The study was completed in 1998, and the report was submitted the following year. The study was funded by the European Investment Bank.  Construction is expected to begin in 2014, with a 32-month construction time frame. Commissioning is expected in 2016.

Construction of a petroleum pipeline between Eldoret, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda. This involves the section from the border with Kenya to Kampala, Uganda.

This project forms part of the ELTAM transmission interconnector which connects the power markets of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Mali. In particular, it involves the reinforcement of the Tunisia part of the 210 km / 400 kV Libya to Tunisia section from the Libya border to Bouchama in Tunisia.

Construction of a transmission line that connects Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Power Station at Songo in Mozambique with the power system of Zambia at Serenje.

The project entails the construction of a 200 km, 400 kV(initially 220 kV) power line from Matambo substation, in Mozambique, to Phombeya, north of Blantyre. The first assignment will involve the design, supply and installation of the 400 kV overhead transmission line from the Mozambique-Malawi border to a new substation at Phombeya. The second assignment will entail the design, supply and installation of the new 400 kV Phombeya substation. Other assignments include extension of Matambo substation (Mozambique) and upgrading of SCADA systems (EDM).

A cascade of four (five if an additional option near Juba is included) dams has been planned on Bahr el Jebel in South Sudan. From upstream to downstream the dams are the Grand Fula Dam whose large reservoir would extend up into Uganda, Shukoli, Lakki, and Bedden (and Juba further downstream). An alternative configuration would be the replacement of the Grand Fula Dam with a smaller run-or-river project - "Fula Rapids". Design studies have been carried out for Bedden (included in the NRBIP as BIP_NELSAP_005. These dams aim to harness the 250 m drop in elevation along the Bahr el Jabel river over the four sites. The total installed capacity of the four dams would be in the order of 2,100MW. The cascade is considered to be one of the most cost-effective hydropower projects in the region. Phasing of the four projects can reflect different priorities. An early study (1985) favoured Lakki since it was relatively closer to Juba, but the 2009 pre-feasibility study proposed development in order from upstream to downstream. At this stage Bedden Dam is the only one of the dams developed to design level. The final choice will have to choose between Juba-focused early deployment and a system-level cascade maximizing overall generation and grid efficiency. The objective of this study is to look at sequencing options and all other preparatory consideration to prepare the way for an optimized implementation of the proposed cascade. The proposed work will comprise a combination of technical and economic analyses and extensive stakeholder engagement.

Construction of the Tanzania section of the Tanzania-Malawi transmission interconnector. Tanzania section consists of construction of a 400kV interconnector from Tanzania (KyelaMbeya) to the Songwe border post at the frontier with Malawi. (TOR feasibility study for Tanzania Malawi Interconnector)

The aim is to carry out technical and economic feasibility studies, the results of which must enable the decision-making data to be decided on the integration of the electricity market of Morocco and Mauritania in the context of the integration of the Maghreb market. Also allow visibility on the cost of this interconnection and the potential of its financing closing.Study to shed light on technical and economic data on the importance of the inteconnexion of electric reseaxu of Marco and MauritaniaThe project does not serve an existing or planned infrastructure asset of another sector. There is no interconnection between Morocco and Mauritania today, which weakens the chances of regional integration.

L'interconnexion électrique entre le Burundi et la Tanzanie fait partie de la liste restreinte des projets prioritaires du PAP 2 de l'UA-PIDA, le plan directeur de l'EAC, et relève du programme d'interconnexions régionales NELSAP des Grands Lacs (PMIREL-PLEN). Chacun des réseaux des 2 pays est connecté ou en voie de l'être prochainement à ses voisins respectifs, mais ils ne sont pas encore directement connectés entre eux. Ce projet construira un de ces chaînons manquants. Le projet comportera 2 composantes : C.1 Construction de la ligne de transmission de 180 km ; C.2 réinstallation/indemnisation des personnes affectées le long de l'infrastructure, ainsi que des études environnementales, des études de préfaisabilité et de faisabilité.

Feasibility study update – determine the demand forecasting, the review of the two countries generation expansion plan, determine possible power exchange and assess the financial and economic viability of the project. -Preparation of project conceptual designs, specifications and tender documents. –a desktop assessment of extreme weather events and weather conditions and anticipated impact of climate change in the proposed project areas. –identify the project's vulnerability to climate changes and trends. –propose adaptation and resilience measures to be reflected in the project design, technical specifications, and maintenance and operation guidelines of project infrastructure –identify, classify, assess, and rate the risks involved in the development and operation of the proposed interconnector project and discuss and advise on risk minimization and mitigation measures and risk allocation among the various parties involved in project development, financing, and operations –recommend appropriate organizational, institutional, commercial, and operational frameworks for financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the interconnection at various levels (intergovernmental; inter-utility; the regional (EAPP) policy, regulatory, and commercial frameworks, etc.) –Recommend procurement strategy and institutional organization, including staffing and outside assistance (owner's engineer, project management specialists, etc.) for implementing the interconnector project