Sudan: 500MW Kosti power plant inaugurated

The 500MW Kosti oil-fired power plant was formally inaugurated by President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir on 5 February. India’s Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) was the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the facility, which comprises four 125MW units and commissioned in July 2015. BHEL recently commissioned the 28MW Nyabarongo hydroelectric power plant in Rwanda and a 40MW bagasse-fired steam turbine at the Tendaho sugar factory in Ethiopia.