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Côte d’Ivoire adds 180MW of gas
capacity to meet rising demand
COTE D’IVOIRE CÔTE d’Ivoire this week added 180 MW of gas- delays in bringing Azito online due to the coro-
fired power generation capacity to its electricity navirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
grid following the official expansion of its Azito Operational since 1999, the Azito gas-fired
plant on June 27 as part of a drive to meet rising power plant is owned and operated by Azito
local demand and boost exports to neighbouring Energie, which is a subsidiary of Globeleq and
countries. Industrial Promotion Services West Africa
Robust economic growth is boosting Côte (IPS-WA).
d’Ivoire’s power demand by around 10% annu- Azito is operated by Globeleq, an independ-
ally. According to the country’s energy ministry, ent power producer (IPP)and operator that has
demand is also growing in Ghana, Burkina Faso, built plants generating approximately 1,500 MW
Benin, Mali and Togo, to which it exports elec- across six countries in Africa. Globeleq is 70%
tricity, Reuters reports. owned by British International Investment (BII)
The Azito power plant near Abidjan is being and 30% by its Norwegian development finance
expanded from a single-cycle to a combined-cy- counterpart Norfund.
cle power plant as part of its fourth phase expan- Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Mines, Petrol and
sion, which should up its generation capacity to Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, said the
640 MW from 460 MW, accounting for about country seeks to increase capacity to 4,000 MW
25% of installed power generation capacity in by 2025 from 2,369 MW now, according to Reu-
Côte d’Ivoire. ters. A recent gas discovery Eni (Italy) offshore
Last year, the country had to ration electricity should help the country boost its electricity gen-
due to a steep drop in generation capacity and eration in the coming years.
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