Continental Energy Corporation has won a $600,000 grant to back development of two 10MW run-of-river hydro projects in Tanzania.
The cash from the United States Trade Development Agency will be used by CEC subsidiary Ruaha River Power to fund a feasibility study by US consultancy Knight Piesold & Co.
The work will evaluate the technical requirements of the proposed facilities and make recommendations on a standardised design, layout and equipment configuration that Ruaha Power can use to fast-track the developments and apply to future ventures.
The Tanzania projects will supply power to the national grid and to off-grid villages in the Lukosi River basin region.
Continental chief executive Richard L McAdoo said: "The template this grant enables us to create will allow us to identify other selected locations in Tanzania, Indonesia and other developing countries around the Indian Ocean Rim.
“Our plan is to replicate similarly sized, environmentally friendly run-of-river hydropower projects."
Image: the cash will back a feasibility study on 10MW installations (Wikimedia Commons)
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