ADAMA wind power project is located in central Ethiopia, about 95km southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, with the capacity of 204MW, which 51MW for Phase I and 153MW for Phase II. The project signed Phase I EPC contract in November 2009, and Phase II in October 2012. Phase I officially started in June 2011, and was completed in August 2012.Phase II started in July 2013, and obtained the Taking-Over Certificate in May 2016,issued by Ethiopia Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo), the owner of the project. The consortium formed by POWERCHINA HYDROCHINA and CGCOC Group conducted the general contracting of the project, with the contract amount of 117 million USD for phase I and 345 million USD for phase II.
Phase I has a total of 34 GW77/1500 wind turbines with a unit capacity of 1.5MW. The design annual power generation is 164.1GWh, and the equivalent full-load hour is 3164h.Phase II installed 102 SANY Electric SE7715 wind turbines, with a unit capacity of 1.5MW.The design annual power generation is 476.7GWh, and the equivalent full-load hour is 3115h. It is the first international wind power EPC project undertaken by Chinese companies, and also the first new energy project using buyer's credit or seller's credit loan. It is also the first overseas new energy project using Chinese standards, technology, capital and equipment, and being undertaken and operated by Chinese companies. In 2015, the project Phase I won the FIDIC Project Nomination Awards and the first prize of Quality Project Design Award of Power Industry.
