Kribi Power Station is a 216 MW

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-fired thermal power plant in

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Location

The power station is located in the community of Mpolongwe, approximately , by road, north of the coastal town of

Kribi Kribi is a beach resort and sea port in Cameroon. Location The coastal town of Kribi lies on the Gulf of Guinea, in Océan Department, South Province, at the mouth of the Kienké River. This location, lies approximately , by road, south of ...

(est. pop. 60,000 in 2007), in Océan Department, South Province, on the

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, at the mouth of the Kienké River. This location lies approximately , by road, south of

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, the largest city in

and the busiest port in the country (est.pop. 2 million in 2005).

Description

Kribi Power Station is owned and operated by Kribi Power Development Corporation (KPDC), an affiliate of AES Group, an

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power generating company that also owns Cameroon's power distribution company, AES-SONEL. The power station is designed and built to generate capacity output of 216MW by burning

provided by ''National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH)''. The plant is also designed to use

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, if the natural gas is unavailable. The power generated under a voltage of 11 kV is transformed by step-up power transformers (5x 60 MVA,

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) to be transmitted via a 225 kV double circuits high tension transmission line of approximately to Mangombé, near

Edéa Edéa is a city located along the Sanaga River in Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It lies on the Cameroon National Railways Authority, Douala–Yaoundé railway line. Its population was estimated at 122,300 in 2001. Th ...

, where it is integrated in the national electric grid. Moreover, a step-down transformer (36MVA,

) enables feeding Kribi under 30 kV. At completion date, the 216MW of electricity supplied by the plant increased Cameroon's generated capacity to 1,233 MW. Hydroelectric plants supply 720MW (58.4%) and thermal power plants supply the remaining 513 (41.6%).

Construction costs

Construction of the power station is budgeted to cost about US$390 million (CFA:176.3 billion). Of that US$132.5 million (CFA:60 billion) is provided as a loan, by a

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of banks led by

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. The

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(AfDB) will lend another US$64.3 million (EUR:45 million).AfDB Approves Euro 45 Million Loan for Country's Power Plant
/ref> The remaining US$193.2 million (CFA:87.5 billion) will be sourced from other lenders.

Timeframe

Construction began in March 2009. Commissioning was completed in June 2013.

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