VOL. XLV

No 22

3-June-2002

SUDAN

Engineering Consultancy AwardedFor Merowe Hydro Project

Sudan has awarded the engineering consultancy contract for theplanned 1,250mw Merowe hydro-electric dam project to Germany痴 Lahmeyer International. Theproject, which will incorporate ten 125mw hydro turbines and is scheduled to becomplete in 2008, will help meet rising Sudanese power demand, which is atpresent growing at around 9% annually. While hydro schemes account for just overa quarter of Sudanese power...