{"id":7427,"date":"2019-03-15T17:20:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T16:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/?p=7427"},"modified":"2022-02-28T20:51:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T19:51:35","slug":"besix-group-vince-il-contratto-per-la-costruzione-della-centrale-elettrica-di-nachtiga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/business-in-africa\/besix-group-wins-contract-for-construction-of-electrical-power-station-of-nachtiga\/","title":{"rendered":"Besix Group wins contract to build Nachtigal power plant (420 MW) in Cameroon"},"content":{"rendered":"
Investing in Cameroon<\/strong> – Besix Group<\/strong><\/a>the Belgian construction company, announces that it has won the contract for the design and construction of the Nachtigal hydroelectric power plant in the Central region of Cameroon, with a generating capacity of 420 MW.<\/p>\n This infrastructure will increase the country's production capacity by 30%, according to the World Bank<\/strong>which is following the project through the International Finance Corporation (IFC)<\/strong>its subsidiary specialising in private sector financing.<\/p>\n Besix will carry out the work in cooperation with the French company ESN and the Moroccan VTS (General Labour Society Morocco).<\/p>\n The Nachtigal Hydro Power Company (NHPC), the capital of which will be divided between Cameroonian companies for 40% by EDF International, 30% by the State of Cameroon, and 30% by the International Finance Corporation, Nachtigal Hydro Power will cost about 656 billion CFA francs.<\/p>\n \"The Nachtigal project, one of the very rare public-private partnerships (PPPs) that have emerged in the hydropower sector in sub-Saharan Africa, will accelerate the achievement of Cameroon's development goals, including poverty reduction.\" <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Elisabeth Huybens, World Bank Director of Operations for Cameroon, said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a statement issued on 19 July 2018, in which the Bretton Woods institution announced the availability of a guarantee of $794.5 million (approximately FCFA 447.17 billion) as part of the implementation of this project.<\/p>\n The contract includes the design and construction of a 2 km long and up to 14 m high roller-compacted concrete dam, a 3 km long feeder canal and civil engineering works for the hydroelectric power station (with seven 60 MW turbines)<\/strong> and water intake facilities.<\/p>\n Work will begin by the end of the year and is expected to last 57 months. The project is financed by a pool of international and local banks<\/p>\n
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