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Solarmate Energy, and SOSAI Renewables are planning and completing plants in Africa. adapted to current energy consumption. This
already in different stages of the distribution MAN announced it will supply power allows customers to respond ideally to load
partnership. generation technology for two new stations in fluctuations during production at any time,”
Almost half the population has no access to Mali and Senegal. It also completed two other said Ghassan Saab. “In addition, our 51/60
electricity. The rest of the Nigerian population plants in The Gambia and Guinea. engines can also be easily converted to dual-
is grossly underserved by the electricity grid. The company is supplying 8 × MAN fuel operation and running on low-emission
As a result, diesel generators are the default 14V51/60 engines to a new power plant in natural gas, which ensures the future viability
source of power, with an estimated 100mn Mali, which will feed a total of 100 MW into of the plant.”
people currently relying on diesel generators the national grid. The plant is currently under
each day (GTM, 2019). According to Nigeria’s construction in Sirakoro, a rural community
Rural Electrification Agency (REA, 2017), with a population of around 10,000 in the
the use of these generators collectively costs southwest of the country. POWER CUTS
Nigeria’s households and businesses nearly “In Mali, demand for electrical energy is
$14bn every year, while the Energy to Access increasing by up to 10% annually. Expanding Ghana’s ECG publishes
Institute (Dalberg, 2019) estimates that generation capacity is therefore a priority for
fuel subsidies for small gasoline-powered the Malian government,” said Ghassan Saab, dumsor timetable
generators cost the government $1.6-2.2bn Head of Power, MEA Region at MAN Energy
each year. Solutions. “The new power plant in Sirakoro The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)
Signing on distribution partners will will increase the country’s total generation has published a schedule for the disruption
contribute significantly to help bridge the capacity by 25%, providing an important in power supply in parts of the Greater Accra
electricity supply deficit by expanding access foundation for a reliable energy supply to the Region.
to ZOLA’s innovative power solutions across population.” In a press statement dated May 20,
the country. In Senegal, 6 × MAN 9L51/60 engines the company indicated that the power
will supply a cement factory with a total of interruption is to enable ongoing system
54 MW of electrical power. The ‘Les Ciments improvement at the Kasoa Bulk Supply Point
du Sahel’ factory – located 50 km from the (BSP).
SOL AR capital, Dakar – has already been using 4 “As part of projects to improve power
× MAN 18V32/40 engines to supply the supply reliability and system voltage,
MAN supplies 225 MW of production facility with electricity since 2009. the Electricity Campany of Ghana in
The expansion of the plant to include a second
collaboration with the Ghana Grid Company
on-site power to four power production line has significantly increased (GRIDCo) will undertake interruption
its energy requirements, which has made it
in power supply to facilitate to work of
plants in Africa necessary to build a second power plant. contractors at various stages and times.”
“Our modular power-plant concept offers
It further pointed out that the Kasoa BSP
German power generation equipment supplier many advantages for industrial customers requires the re-construction of a section
MAN Energy Solutions is keeping busy as the generation capacity can be flexibly of GRIDCo’s 161kv Winneba to Mallam

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