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Australian firm wins deal to improve electricity distribution in Zambia

Xinhua, April 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

An Australian firm has been awarded a contract to provide engineering designing and construction services for the improvement of electricity transmission and distribution in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, the Times of Zambia reported on Wednesday.

Aurecon Group has won the tender for the 200 million U.S. dollar World Bank funded project to improve electricity supply in the Zambian capital which has experienced frequent power cuts due to increased economic activities.

Anton Harmse, the company's project leader said in a statement that the creation of the transmission and distribution infrastructure would ensure the long-term sustainable operation of the network in the Zambian capital.

The improvement of electricity distribution in the Zambian capital is expected to be completed in 2019, he added.

"The large number of sub-projects and the sequential implementation of the various components of the project will require significant effort during the project planning and scheduling stages," he was quoted as saying by the paper.

The Zambian capital is regarded as the second fastest growing city in Africa and its electricity demand has grown at six percent per annum over the last 10 years, with demand now outstripping the installed capacity of the power system supplying the city. Endi