NamPower, Namibia national power utility, has selected 15 companies to participate in the construction of the Kudu power plant near Oranjemund. In late May 2013, the company had received a total of 45 tender submissions for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction tender for the design, supply, manufacture, delivery, erection, test and commissioning of the 800 MW CCGT project. The 15 companies that made the cut are: GS Engineering, Iberdrola Engineering, Posco, Hyundai, Cobra, Sumitomo and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Technicas Reunidas, Ansaldo Energia, Siemens, General Electric Company (GE), Alstom, Shanghai Electric Group, Daewoo, SNC-Lavalin & General Electric and Shaw Power International.
Agreements are expected to be signed by June 2014, when the construction of the plant should start. The plant is expected to be commissioned in 2017 and to turn Namibia into a net electricity exporter.
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