AFRIK 21 reported that the Tulu Moye geothermal project in Ethiopia had launched tenders for phase I, another step in the long push to turn Rift Valley heat into grid power.
Call-for-tenders language is how energy projects signal they are moving from brochure to contractors. Phase I mattered because geothermal in Ethiopia had repeatedly stalled between resource studies and financed construction.
For the Ethiopian government, Tulu Moye sat in the same investment story as Scaling Solar and IPP reforms: private partners, megawatts, less diesel. Delivery still hinged on offtake, forex, and execution risk.
Even where the original AFRIK 21 page is hard to reach today, the tender announcement belongs in the energy archive. Tracking which geothermal phases actually spun turbines is how readers separate hope from electrons.
Sources: AFRIK 21
