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Belle Vue
Location: Mauritius
Operator: Compagnie Thermique de Belle Vue Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 35 MW
Operation: 2000
Fuel: coal, bagasse
Boiler supplier: CNIM
T/G supplier: Thermodyn
EPC: Duke Engineering & Services, Sotramon Ltee, SIDEC
Quick facts: This is the first
IPP in Mauritius and was developed by a special-purpose company consisting
of SIDEC (27%), Harel Frères (51%), the Sugar Investment Trust (14%), and
the State Investment Corp (8%). Financing was by a syndicate of
international banks led by Sumitomo and with risk coverage from Coface.
Bagasse accounts for about a third of heat input.
Photograph courtesy of
Sechilienne-Sidec
Posted 1 Apr 2006
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CTDS
Location: Mauritius
Operator: Compagnie Thermique du Sud Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 35 MW
Operation: 2005
Fuel: coal, bagasse
Boiler supplier: Stein
T/G supplier: Thermodyn, Jeumont
EPC: Sotramon Ltee
Quick facts: This is the second
limited recourse project financing undertaken in Mauritius and was
developed in response to a competitive tendering process initiated by the
Central Electricity Board (CEB) in Jan 2003. CTDS, a consortium of Cie
Energie Sud Ltée (65%), Séchilienne-SIDEC (25%), and the Sugar Investment
Trust (15%), was chosen as the power supplier for PPA negotiations in May
2003. The PPA was signed in Oct 2005 and is guaranteed by the government.
Lenders were Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd and Barclays Bank with
Freehills and De Comarmond & Koenig acting as legal consultants for the
sponsors and lenders, respectively.
Photograph courtesy of
Sechilienne-Sidec
Posted 1 Apr 2006
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Jerada
Location: Morocco
Operator: ONE
Configuration: 3 X 55 MW
Operation: 1971-1972
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Teploenergo
T/G supplier: Teploenergo
Quick facts: The Jerada coal field in northeast Morocco was discovered in
1927 and put into production in 1932 by the local coal company
Charbonnages du Maroc. This 1,000m deep mine worked a difficult and complex
deposit of high-quality anthracite and in the early 1990s was producing
600,000 tpy. It was the only coal mine in the country
until the main works finally closed in 2001/02 after years of declining
output.
Photograph courtesy of
ONE
Posted 12 Dec 2004
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Jorf Lasfar
Location: Morocco
Operator: Jorf Lasfar Energy Co
Configuration: 2 X 330 MW, 2 X 348 MW
Operation: 1994-2001
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Stein, Alstom
T/G supplier: GEC-Alstom, Alstom
EPC: Ansaldo, ABB
Quick facts: The successful sale of Jorf Lasfar was the most important such development in Africa in
the first half of the 1990s. Equipment for Units 1&2 was ordered in 1988
and the sets were put online in July and December 1994, respectively, at a
coastal site 110km southwest
of Casablanca. A consortium of ABB
and CMS Generation was selected in
Feb 1995 to take over operations for a period of 30yrs and to
add two additional units. This $1.5bn transaction was finalized in Apr 1996 and completed in Sep
1997. The joint venture invested $395mn
in equity plus $190mn from ongoing cash flow
and obtained $920mn in debt financing from ABN Amro, Banque
Nationale de Paris, and Credit Suisse. The U.S. Overseas Private
Investment Corp provided CMS with $200mn of political risk insurance.
Photograph courtesy of CMS Energy
Posted 17 Mar 2001 |
Le Gol
Location: Reunion
Operator: Compagnie Thermique du Gol
Configuration: 2 X 28 MW
Operation: 1995
Fuel: coal, bagasse
Boiler supplier: Babcock-Enterprise
T/G supplier: Thermodyn, GEC-Alstom
EPC: SIDEC
Quick facts: This plant burns all
of the bagasse produced by the adjacent sugar mill during the growing
season (about 300,000 tpy) and uses imported coal for the rest of the year
(about 135,000 tpy). About 46 MW is available to the grid on average. Le
Gol has a 35yr PPA with EDF-Reunion and financing was arranged by BNP. The
plant cost ECU 101mn. A 55-MW unit is under construction at the site for
service in 2006.
Photograph courtesy of
Sechilienne-Sidec
Posted 8 Apr 2006
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Morupule
Location: Botswana
Operator: Botswana Power
Configuration: 4 X 33 MW
Operation: 1986-1989
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Lentjes
T/G supplier: Parsons, Toshiba
EPC: Knight Sinclair
Quick facts: Botswana’s main indigenous
fossil fuel resource is a large bituminous coal field at Morupule west of
Palapye. It was discovered following an exploration program carried out by
the Department of Geological Survey between 1952 and 1962. In 1973,
Morupule Colliery Ltd (93% owned by Anglo American) began
development in order to supply power to the Selebi Phikwe mining complex.
Procution is about 1mn tpy. The Morupule power plant was built later and
is now the country's main domestic electricity source.Photograph courtesy of Merz and McLellan
(Pty) Ltd
Posted 1 Jan 2004
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Mohammedia
Location: Morocco
Operator: ONE
Configuration: 4 X 150 MW
Operation: 1980-1986
Fuel: coal, heavy oil
Boiler supplier: Ansaldo
T/G supplier: Ansaldo
EPC: Ansaldo
Quick facts: The power station anchors economic activities in one of
Morocco's most important industrial areas with a
petrochem plant and two refineries. A €40mn plant modernization program is
being developed with a consortium of European lenders.
Photograph courtesy of
ONE
Posted 14 Nov 2001
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