Africa-Press – Eswatini. The Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) is realising the importance of a sustainable energy future and putting investments into renewable energy.
In that regard EEC has embarked on a project to expand the capacity of the Maguga HydroPower Station and is looking for a contractor for the development and construction of the project. As part of its Vutsela 2022-27 corporate strategy, the EEC seeks to attain operational excellence and one of the ways to achieve that goal is through increasing local generation, where the company seeks to pursue development of its own power generation plants and promote, collaborate and support third-party power generation development initiatives, to attain an acceptable level of self-sufficiency and security of supply.
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EEC is, therefore, on a mission to expand the capacity of the Maguga HydroPower Station by at least 10MW, which will increase total local generation by 12.5 per cent. A tender document to this effect has been issued with the Eswatini Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ESPPRA), as well as published in the EEC website, with specific details on the required contractor. Interested contractors are invited to a pre-bid meeting, which will be held at Eluvatsini House, Mhlambanyatsi Road, Mbabane on June 26, 2024. They are also advised that the deadline for application for this tender is August 23, 2024.
During the recent Energy Indaba, EEC Managing Director (MD), Ernest Mkhonta articulated that the company was exploring ways to improve local generation and to reduce the dependence on foreign suppliers. Speaking about the Maguga HydroPower expansion project, the MD stated that a feasibility study was conducted and completed, hence this next phase of the project.
“We are quite elated that this project is entering its next phase, where we are inviting capable contractors to bring forth their applications to construct the power station. We are excited mainly because we are moving closer to our aspiration which is increasing energy efficiency and security, we well as reducing dependence on foreign suppliers,” he said. According to EEC, after the completion of this project the Maguga Hydropower Station will be the largest EEC-owned station. In total its power capacity will sit at 53MW. The station, which started operating in 2007 currently generates a total capacity of 20MW.
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