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ESB INTERNATIONAL HAS announced two major achievements: winning its first contract in Turkey and completing a major stage in the energy project it is managing in Tanzania.
The official switching on of a new 132kV submarine interconnector from Tanzania to Zanzibar Island is taking place today.
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, who is Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, is currently on a trade mission to Turkey and will be present at an event in Istanbul today where the details of the €30 million, six-year contract will be unveiled.
The contract is being undertaken in partnership with investment company UNIT and will see ESB International operate and maintain the Yeni Elektrik Power Station, located South West of Istanbul, Turkey. ESB International will also provide technical and engineering support to the plant.
ESB International and UNIT have formed a 50/50 joint venture company, UNES, to manage the contract for the plant.
Major player
The Tánaiste described ESB International as a “major player on the global stage” and said it is clear that ESBI has the skills to help Turkey to meet its fast-increasing energy demands.
John McSweeney, Head of Innovation at ESB said they believe the projects will impact positively on people’s lives in both Tanzania and Turkey. “The Turkish power plant is capable of generating up to 3 per cent of electricity consumption in Turkey and the expansion of the electricity infrastructure in Tanzania will transform people’s lives and offer new generations a bright future as it did in Ireland in the 1950′s,” he said.
In 2008, ESB International won an international competitive tender worth $25 million to provide energy sector consultancy services to the Millennium Challenge Account Tanzania (MCA-T) Energy Project.
The $200 million project is wholly funded by the US Government through MCA-T. It aims to ensure the long-term development of power transmission and distribution networks in Tanzania, where only 15 per cent of the population is connected to the national grid.
The company is also providing consultancy services for rural electrification schemes in seven regions across Tanzania.
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And people think they have it bad here. As bad as people claim this country is we do look after the poorest members of society. I would say the majority of our homeless issues are drug or alcohol related and not so much due to the fact there is no financial help available.
Absolutely. A lot of people here don’t know how good they have it
Not just financial help but mental health services. Not to mention all manner of support to ex military. US has a shocking number of homeless
Bloody hell, let them have their shanty towns/ buildings, at least until somebody has a better offer?
Meanwhile trillions of dollars paid on defence and monitoring people’s emails.
That country is going the way of all empires.
It’s fascinating, yet disheartening, to watch.
Land of the free
Bulldozing their shacks doesn’t sound like freedom does it.
Imagine our county councils bulldozing traveler halting sites. There would be an outcry. It wouldn’t happen in Ireland.
23 thousand homeless kids in New York City, the richest city in the richest country in the world yet their government spends over 50% of their tax take on a military of global conquest proportions…..there is something rotten in the state of Denmark.
Didn’t look that bad on The Wire.
As of 2013, more than 15% of the U.S. population receive food assistance, costing $76 billion. This was not the American dream.
“It’s all in the game, y’all”
The present administration is hostile to small and medium size business through over regulation and mandates which make it hard to start and expand business to create jobs. The public school system is a joke and getting worse so the labor force is not prepared for high skilled jobs. Many homeless are also mentally ill and the working poor who have jobs but cannot afford proper housing. But progress has been made, another state is moving toward legalising marijuana and a baptist is giving out guns to attract new members. All is not lost.
Land of the free….yeah right!
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