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The Kelvin power station is situated in Johannesburg and was constructed in 1957, making it one of the oldest coal fired power stations in South Africa. The original capacity of this facility was 600MW but with the shutdown of a portion of the plant in 2012, it currently has a capacity of approximately 300MW. Nedbank and Investec acquired ownership of …
ADC and an international investor teamed up to conduct a due diligence to acquire a stake in a Heavy Fuel Oil facility in Mombasa, Kenya. The facility had been in operation for 11 years and had a remaining net plant capacity of 75 MW. The aim of the due diligence was to determine whether the proposed investment would render required …
Kuvaninga Energia – Chokwe; Mozambique ADC was approached by an international developer to assist in a solution to effectively and efficiently utilise 3 million gigajoules of Mozambican Royalty Gas. ADC conducted a Technology Due Diligence and selected 10 x GE Jenbacher 24 cylinder engines with a generation capacity of 40MW. ADC developed the project, at risk, over a period of …
Development on the Power Alt facility; Middelburg, South Africa, started in 2007, where ADC was able to reach financial close on this 10MW facility within 3 weeks of partnering with an interested lender/investor. Construction commenced in 2008 and ADC Projects was appointed as the Owner’s Project Manager. The project was successfully completed, on time and within budget, 11 months from …
ADC was tasked with the Project Management of an EDM/Kuvaninga network integration project. This project entailed the interconnection of the 40MW Kuvaninga Power Facility to the network consisting of a 7 km double circuit 110kV transmission line from the Kuvaninga facility to the Lionde substation in Chokwe. Included in the project, was the addition of a 110kV line feeder bay …
ADC conducted a Feasibility Study on behalf of a private mine to assess the feasibility of a potential High Voltage cross-border transmission line, supplying electricity to the mines in the DRC directly from Zambia. This study included network simulations, stability studies, cost estimates as well as high level schedules indicating the development, design and construction phases.
An international cement manufacturer is constructing a plant near Kimpese, in the Bas Congo Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The new substation was constructed to provide power to the cement plant and will be supplied from SNEL’s Kwilu Substation with a 220kV transmission line. The distance is approximately 14 km. ADC is providing Overall Project Management Services …
