A Russian engineering firm will supply turbines and modernize key power facilities, Khartoum’s energy minister has said
Sudan has signed an agreement with the Russian firm Power Machines to upgrade national hydropower infrastructure, the African nation’s energy and oil minister said on Tuesday, during his official visit to Russia.
Mohi-Eddin Naeem Mohamed Saeed said that under the deal, the Russian engineering company will supply new turbines for the Merowe hydroelectric power plant in northern Sudan and modernize several other key facilities.
The Sudanese minister arrived in Moscow on November 13 and met with Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev to discuss joint energy projects. Speaking to RIA Novosti, the official said the new agreement will help boost hydropower production across Sudan.
“In the field of electricity, we reached an agreement with the Russian company Power Machines on the supply of turbines to the hydroelectric plant in…