Power

Overview

GIBB Power focusses on supporting energy projects and offering solutions to the challenges of energy transition in Africa.

As part of the GIBB group of companies, with shareholding by EDF, GIBB Power specialises in several areas of engineering. These include thermal and hydraulic engineering, electricity transmission and distribution networks, and solar and wind power.

All these support the rapid development of these energies throughout Africa.

Covering the whole electricity value chain, GIBB Power has developed a valuable capacity to respond to a wide range of needs: from investment and development of small to large-scale projects to technical assistance on O&M activities and engineering consulting services.

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Services

GIBB Power covers the whole spectrum of the electricity value chain: power generation, transmission, distribution, electricity optimisation and energy efficiency, training and sales, research and development, and engineering.

Generation
Coal (Thermal Solutions).
Renewable Energy Solutions (Solar PV, Wind, Off-grid).
Hydropower (including Geotech and Tunnels).
Gas (Thermal Solutions).
Gas to Energy Solutions.
Nuclear Solutions.

Transmission
Transmission Substations.
Transmission Lines (220kV – 765kV).

Distribution
Distribution Substations.
Distribution Lines (1000V – 132kV).
Off-grid Electricity.

Integrated services
Due Diligence/Value Engineering.
Master Planning.
Preliminary and Detailed Design Studies.
Economical and Financial Studies.
Preparation of Tender Process (Advert, Documentation, Adjudication, Adjudication Report).
Site Monitoring.
Commissioning.
Owners Engineer Role.

Selected Project Experience

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Client:
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA)

Location:
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

GIBB’s Responsibilities:
Undertaken by Électricité de Franc (EDF), the project entailed the completion of the first 200 MW section of the 800 MW Dewa III facility, which is Phase III of the 1 GW Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

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Client:
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Location:
Gauteng, South Africa

GIBB’s Responsibilities:
Design and implementation of an underground MV, LV and street lighting reticulation network for 1 000 units in a low-cost housing development in Daveyton, Johannesburg. GIBB was responsible for design, contract management and full project management.

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Client:
King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality

Location:
Eastern Cape, South Africa

GIBB’s Responsibilities:
GIBB’s tasks included the design, technical specifications, project management and construction monitoring for distribution lines project.

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Client:
Eskom Holdings SOC Limited

Location:
Drakensberg, South Africa

GIBB’s Responsibilities:
The 1334 MW Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme includes an upper reservoir, a lower reservoir, an underground power house complex with access tunnels and associated waterways that link the two reservoirs and ancillary works that include buildings, roads, transmission lines and temporary and permanent infrastructure. The project upper dam is able to store 21 000 MWh of energy.

GIBB’s tasks included: project management; civil engineering; hydropower engineering; underground engineering; dam engineering; mechanical engineering; construction supervision; foundation engineering; structural engineering; electrical engineering; detailed design and documentation; cost estimation; environmental services; contract administration; design monitoring and construction supervision.

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Client:
EDM

Location:
Mozambique

GIBB’s Responsibilities:
Construction supervision for the Electricity IV project in the Manica and Sofala provinces.

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Location:
Botswana Power Corporation

Location:
Botswana

GIBB’s Responsibilities:
A feasibility study determined if the expansion of the Morupule Power Station was economically and financially viable and worthy of further development. It found that the expansion of Morupule Power Station to be  viable. Generation expansion at Morupule Power Station (coal fired and dry-cooled), was implemented in the following phases:

(a) 2 x 100 MW units

(b) 2 x 100 MW units