Australian miner Intra Corporation signed with Chinese power developer Sinohydro a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the joint development of the 270 MW coal-fired Ngaka power plant.

Under the MoU, Sinohydro which is the project major shareholder will conceive, build, finance and operate it. Tancoal Energy, subsidiary of Intra Energy will provide coal that will be used as fuel. It was revealed that the plant will need 1.2 million tons of coal each year to operate full throttle. The coal will be mined at the Tancoal-exploited mine situated 7 km from the power station.

Energy generated will be transferred to national grid via a 220kVa transmission network.

Gwladys Johnson