The Sendou power station (
French: ''Centrale électrique de Sendou'') is a coal-fired power station in Senegal. The power plant, located near
Bargny, is currently in operation and will be transformed to a
natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...
-fired power station in the near future.
History
The international tender was launched on 18 November 2005. The agreement between the Minister of Energy of Senegal and the Director General of
Senelec on one side and Nykomb Synergetics on other side was signed on 24 January 2008 in Dakar. The agreement stipulated construction and operation of the power station by the Nykomb Synergetics-led consortium, and generated power purchasing by Senelec.
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The power station is located in the village of Sendou (also known as Siendou), south-east of Dakar.][
] It is located on the seafront in mostly industrial surrounding and does not affect the biological diversity
Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic ('' genetic variability''), species ('' species diversity''), and ecosystem ('' ecosystem diversity'') ...
or areas of nature. The Sendou power station is a coal-fired single unit power station with a total generating capacity of 125 MW and a net capacity of 115 MW, generating 925 GWh of electricity a year over a period of 27 years, with the undertaking of the current shareholders to convert the power station to a gas-fired power station by 2024.
Project company
Compagnie d’Electricité du Sénégal SA is a consortium that was incorporated to develop and operate the Sendou power station.[ The consortium is led by SNPL and has senior lender backing from AFDB, FMO, BOAD, CBAO, ORABANK, Barak Fund and SNPL.][
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References
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Coal-fired power stations in Senegal