Ethiopia Electric Power issuing tender for Tendaho geothermal project

Parker O'Halloran 1 Sep 2017

The Ethiopian Electric Power company is inviting qualified bidders to express interest for the procurement of full drilling services at the Dubti Field, for the Tendaho Geothermal Power Project.

The main objective of the project is to support the economic development of Ethiopia through the development of geothermal, a clean and reliable renewable energy resource, therefore, enhancing Ethiopian resilience to climate change.

For the Tendaho field, the Government of Ethiopia has set two targets:

1. The delineation and initial development of the shallow reservoir allowing in the short term exploitation of the shallow resource at the maximum sustainable capacity presently estimated to be at least 10 MW;
2. The exploration of the deep reservoir by the initial drilling of deep exploration wells. The GoE target is the development in the medium terms of at least 100 MW of generation capacity.

Therefore, the Tendaho geothermal development Project – Phase 1 – has the following three specific objectives:

• The definition of the extension of the shallow reservoir by the drilling of up to 6 step-out wells;
• The exploration of the deep reservoir by the initial drilling of deep directional wells to a depth of 2500m;
• Strengthening of EEP and GSE capacities for implementation of geothermal drilling activities.

For further information on this tender please refer to ESI Africa.

Source: ESI Africa – Africa’s Power Journal