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( Independent Power Producer ) programme , with Africary set to contribute 50 MW within three years and a further 1,000 MW by around 2022 , comprising two systems of roughly 500 MW based on combined cycle gas turbine technology .
The bidding process for the DoE IPP contracts for the first 50 MW operations will start next year , and Africary will be using its strategic alliance partners , CDE Process Engineering and Aqua Alpha Directional Drilling , to implement the UCG syngas handling technologies and horizontal drilling .
Africary has a proven track record stretching before the 2012 acquisition . In 2009 it supported
Above : Graphic explaining the horizontal drilling layout of a UCG site
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