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ACWA Power to build
desalination plant in Senegal
SENEGAL ACWA Power, a Saudi Arabia-based power gen- Combined Cycle Gas-Turbine plant in Cap des
eration company, has signed a Memorandum of Biches, which will have an initial design capacity
Understanding (MoU) with Senegal to develop of 160 MW.
a 300,000 cu/m per day seawater reverse osmosis In a statement, ACWA Power chairman
plant. Mohammad Abunayyan said that the company
The MoU, agreed with the National Water was “deeply honoured” to contribute towards the
Company of Senegal (SONES) and the National strengthening ties of Saudi Arabia and Senegal
Electricity Company of Senegal (SENELEC), through two new agreements.
was signed in the presence of President Mack “We extend our sincerest gratitude to the Sen-
Sall, alongside Saudi Arabian officials. egalese leadership for their trust and confidence
The plant will be located in Grande Côte, in ACWA Power’s abilities to realise these strate-
approximately 40 km northeast of Dakar. gic projects for the country,” he said.
The development will be Senegal’s first desal- According to Clive Turton, chief investment
ination project facilitated on a public-private officer of ACWA Power, the firm’s experience as a
partnership (PPP) basis and will be the project developer and operator of desalinated water and
of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa. power generation facilities will help fill Senegal’s
Another MoU signed by ACWA and SENE- future capacity requirements.
LEC will also see the two team up to develop a
CBEA, ENGIE to build $60mn
portfolio of mini-grids in Nigeria
NIGERIA CrossBoundary Energy Access Nigeria (CBEA) ENGIE has a long track record of providing
and ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria (ENGIE) mini-grids throughout Africa and said it sees
have agreed to build a $60mn portfolio of mini Nigeria as a country for potential growth.
grids that will connect over 150,000 people to According to ENGIE chief executive Gil-
electricity in Nigeria. lian-Alexandre Huart, the deal with CBEA
CBEA will provide the $60mn funding, which reflects a “long-term commitment as a leading
will enable ENGIE to develop the mini-grids. provider of energy access solutions in Africa”.
Money will also be contributed by the Perfor- “Most importantly, this agreement will con-
mance Based Grant, funded by the World Bank. nect marginalized rural populations in Nigeria
In a statement on October 11, ENGIE said with clean and affordable technologies and facili-
it had developed a pipeline of mini-grids to be tate more economic opportunities in these hard-
built over the next four years and agreed to pro- to-serve areas. Promoting productive usages is
vide long-term operations and maintenance ser- key to growing resilient economic networks in
vices for the grids. these areas,” he said.
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