A number of 1,400 Chinese workers are to be hired through the Chinese developer, contracted by Amu Power Company, for the construction of Kenyan Lamu's coal power plant worth $2b.

Japanese trading house Marubeni and Egyptian electric equipment manufacturer El Sewedy Electric have agreed with Egypt's state-run electricity utility to conduct a feasibility study into the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Egypt.

Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power, in a consortium with South Korea's Taekwang Power Holdings, has signed a $2.2b investment agreement with Vietnam for a 1,200MW thermal power plant.