Liberia's Minister of Lands, Mines and Energy, Patrick Sendolo, last Thursday announced to the nation, a number of developments in the energy sector under the auspices of the government and partners. Major among those named by Minister Sendolo was the official groundbreaking for the Mount Coffee General Projects scheduled for January 2014, which he said, would cover 3 Heavy Fuel Oil Plants, JICA-funded 10 MW under construction, as well as a World Bank-funded 10MW implementation already in progress, and a GOL-funded 18 MW being implemented.
Others earmarked are the Monrovia - Kakata 66 KV transmission line and cross border transmission. According to him, the Liberian Government, in collaboration with its partners, will upgrade substations on Bushrod Island from 10 MVA to 90 MVA; New Kru Town, from 10 MVA to 23 MVA and Paynesville from 10 MVA to 13 MVA.
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