Electricidade e Aguas da Guine-Bissau (EAGB) is the national
electricity
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...
and
water company
The water industry provides drinking water and wastewater services (including sewage treatment) to residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of the economy. Typically public utilities operate water supply networks. The water industry does ...
of
Guinea Bissau. It is owned by the government and represents the country in the
West African Power Pool
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in Western Africa under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The members of WAPP are working for establishing a reliable ...
. Installed electric capacity in 2001 was 1,100 kW; 2007 production was estimated to 65 million
kWh, of which 100% came from fossil fuels.
In 2005 EAGB had about 15,300 electricity customers, of which 11,750 were metered and 3,500 non metered, and about 6,300 water customers, of which fewer than 300 were metered.
See also
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List of companies based in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west.
Guinea-Bissau is among the world's least develope ...
References
Electric power companies of Guinea-Bissau
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