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Babcock & Wilcox environmental
unit signs $18mn Africa deal
AFRICA BABCOCK & Wilcox’s environmental business “We are working closely with utilities and
segment has been awarded an $18mn contract industrial customers across these areas to
to provide advanced environmental equipment upgrade and improve their power generation
to reduce emissions for a power plant in Africa, and environmental equipment to help them
it has revealed. produce cleaner, more efficient energy.”
The NYSE-listed company said its B&W Morgan also said that B&W is “well-posi-
Environmental unit will design, engineer and tioned” to lead the global transition towards
provide manufacturing support to upgrade 24 clean energy, due to its “full suite of environ-
electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) at the plant mental, decarbonization, renewable and power
without revealing in which country the project generation technologies.”
is located. Based in Ohio, B&W is focused on renewa-
“B&W is growing its business significantly in ble, environmental and thermal energy technol-
the Middle East and Africa region,” said B&W ogies. Among its technologies are systems for ash
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating handling, particulate control, nitrogen oxides
Officer Jimmy Morgan. and sulfur dioxides removal.
Angola could save 275mn
litres of diesel per year
through energy transition
ANGOLA ANGOLA’S minister of Energy and Water, João recalling the goal set by Angola’s president to
Baptista Borges, said the replacement of thermal reach 72% by 2025.
energy with solar energy represents a saving of The completion of the Luena, Lucapa and
275mn litres of diesel per year for the country, Saurimo parks is expected by 2023, and the Cuito
Ver Angola reported on July 22. and Bailundo parks in 2024, writes Ver Angola.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Biópio New projects with funding of more than $3bn
photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Benguela prov- are expected to bring energy to more than 9mn
ince, he said the construction of such is part of people in 11 provinces over the next five years.
a strategy to produce cheaper, more accessible PV panels with battery storage will be
and cleaner energy, in line with Angola’s com- installed in 113 locations across the country pro-
mitment to curb global warming. viding distribution networks, public lighting and
The Biópio plant as well as the Baía Farta 967,000 connections. According to Ver Angola,
solar PV plant, are part of a set of seven units in Borges also announced that 152,458 individual
Angola with a combined capacity of 370MW. solar systems will be distributed to benefit more
“With the entry into operation of these than 762,290 citizens and 448 rural supply sys-
two parks, the proportion of renewable capac- tems of water will be installed.
ity increases from 60% to 65%,” Borges said,
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