Another 300MW extension for Morupule B

In a notice published this week, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) announced it had approved a request by the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources to use the direct appointment method to engage a joint venture between two South Korean firms, KEPCO and Daewoo to construct Unit 7 and 8 at Morupule B. According to the notice, the IPP contractor, once engaged, would be required to   design, finance, construct, own, operate, maintain and decommission at the end of the economic life a 300MW brownfield coal-fired power plant comprising two 150MW units.

 “We haven’t awarded the tender yet. What has been approved is a request to talk to KEPCO and Daewoo with a view to directly appoint them to construct an extra 300MW power plant at Morupule.