New facilities will assist Senegal fulfill power requirements in the coming years, consisting of nation’s very first high voltage substation, situated in Sandiara, seen here.
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Vinci Energies, a department of French concessions and building business Vinci, has actually won a $218 million agreement to develop a 1,350-kilometer power transmission and circulation network in Senegal.
The three-year agreement was granted by state-owned National Electricity Co. of Senegal (Senelec), which has a monopoly on nationwide transmission and circulation. Work likewise involves 8 high voltage transformer stations. Vinci will likewise manage setup of a telecontrol user interface to reduce detection of faults in the overhead and underground transmission lines.
Omeron Senegal and Omeron Morocco, systems of Vinci, will likewise support regional training in electrical facilities management. A minimum of 1,000 tasks will be developed throughout building and construction and operation, the business states. No groundbreaking timeline were divulged, however job conclusion will take 36 months.
“This job becomes part of a broader program to broaden Senegal’s transmission and circulation grid, with a view to effectively and sustainably enhancing the nation’s energy capability by 2026 and to move towards universal access to electrical energy,” stated Vinci in a declaration.
Broadened transmission and circulation facilities will likewise partly support Senegal’s included generation capability from hydropower and other eco-friendly sources such as the just recently finished $422-million Simbalangalou dam, a local effort of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau. The 128-MW dam, on the Gambia River in Senegal and constructed by Vinci, will include power to the grids of the 4 nations. Senegal presently has an electrical energy generation capability of 1,500 MW from hydropower, solar, wind, biomass and gas.
An extra 323 MW would be contributed to Senegal capability from brand-new grid-connected solar setups and another 158.7 MW from wind energy, driving requirement to enhance its grid stability and capability.
Last November Senelec drifted a tender for tconstruction of 2,544 km of low voltage overhead and underground lines in addition to substations as part of Senegal grid densification and extension under the job.