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Kenya: East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) is set to construct a US$9.13m power plant that is expected to reduce its annual power bill by about US$5.70m. The 4MW power plant will run on waste gases generated by the company's Athi River cement plant via waste heat recovery (WHR) system. Construction is scheduled to start in September 2014 and is expected to take one year.

"The new power plant will have a huge impact on our operational costs because its output will translate to about 40% of our current total energy requirements," said EAPCC's managing director Kephar Tande.

Around 20 - 25% of the project costs will be funded from internal savings with the rest of the funds coming from commercial loans. EAPCC also hopes to permanently address the problem of frequent power outages, which have posed major problems at its clinker plant. EAPCC currently consumes about 13MW of power supplied from the national grid to run its main installations, including a 1700t/day capacity kiln.

Tande said that the new power plant would help to stabilise the company's operations as it eyes expansion of its overall cement production capacity to 2Mt/yr by 2017 from the present 1.3Mt/yr. EAPCC plans to begin procurement for a new clinker plant near Bisil, Kajiado Country, Kenya in September 2014 at an estimated cost of US$171m. "We hope to conclude the feasibility study on the new clinker plant in Bisil by end of July 2014 and move to the next stage," said Tande.

Also on the cards is the construction of a second cement plant in the Nooleleshuani area of Kajiado County by 2016. The proposed plant site is next to the limestone-rich Maasai Plains, which are the major source of raw material for the five cement companies based in Athi River.

Kenya's power shortage has held back industrial expansion for decades despite the availability of huge energy reserves such as wind, coal and geothermal. The energy sector, though critical in uplifting the country's development, has registered slow growth due to the high initial capital requirements and inability to mobilise adequate financial resources to undertake large-scale investment.

Saudi Arabia: MAN Diesel & Turbo has received an order from the United Cement Industrial Company to build a 54.5MW captive power plant for a new 5000t/day cement plant located in the south of the country.

MAN Diesel & Turbo is building the power plant under an Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement covering delivery of the engines and the erection of all essential ancillary equipment. A consortium partner is responsible for local deliveries and services. Construction of the plant is set to begin in late 2013, with delivery of the engines due to take place in mid-2014.

"We believe there is tremendous potential in the domain of local power plant solutions for independent energy generation in particular, for example for cement or steel works. The United Cement Industrial Company is a new client for us and one we have convinced with our technical concept," said Dr Rene Umlauft, CEO of MAN Diesel & Turbo.

India: The Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has signed an agreement with the Cement Corporation of India (CCI) to share the power from a 75MW power plant to be built at Bokajan in Karbi Anglong district in Assam. Fuel grade raw petroleum coke generated at the NRL after a capacity expansion will be used to generate power for the units with the surplus provided to the national grid.

"The proximity of the Bokajan (CCI) unit to the location of NRL's refinery provides the advantage of cheap rail transportation cost for both entities. This possible synergy will be economically favourable to both of the companies and will benefit the region as a whole," said NRL officials.

Kenya: Cemtech, the Indian cement firm owned by the Sanghi Group, is set to build a 30MW coal power plant for its proposed cement plant in West Pokot County. Construction of the plant is expected to begin on 14 August 2013, according to the Kenyan newspaper Business Daily.

15MW of electrical energy is intended to run the operations of the proposed cement plant. The remaining 15MW will be sold to the Kenyan national power grid said the National Environment Management Authority (Nema).

The entire cement plant project is expected to cost US$175m. The plant is due for completion in 2015 and will have a cement production capacity of 1.5Mt/yr. Although centered on the Kenyan cement market the plant will also target Uganda and South Sudan.

India: Chettinad Cement has proposed setting up a 100MW captive power plant (CPP) as a part of its 4Mt/yr cement plant in Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The proposed CPP, comprising two units of 50MW each, would require 600,000t/yr of coal. Of the total requirement, 70% would be imported coal and the remaining 30% would be indigenous coal procured from the open market. Until the 100MW CPP is commissioned, the 34.4MW power requirement of the cement plant will be met by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB).

The US$121m project is has been conceived by Chettinad Cement with a view to entering the western and central markets of the country and in turn have a pan-Indian presence.

India: Jaiprakash Associates plans to build a coal-fired 35MW captive power plant as a part of its proposed US$202m greenfield cement plant in Satna in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The captive power plant will comprise steam turbine generating sets with adequately-sized circulating fluidised-bed combustion (CFBC) boilers with air-cooled condensers.

The total coal requirement for the project is estimated at 0.55Mt/yr, according to an environment impact assessment report on the project. The 1.5Mt/yr clinker and 2Mt/yr cement plant proposed by Jaiprakash Associates will require 30MW of power that will all be sourced from the planned captive power plant.