The 300 MW Cap des Biches gas-fired project, owned by the independent power producer West Africa Energy (15% owned by Senelec, the Senegalese state-owned power utility), has entered construction in Cap des Biches, near Rufisque (Senegal). The project, which requires a XOF227bn (US$410m) investment, is expected to be commissioned in late 2022. In October 2020, Senelec and West Africa Energy signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with GE and the Turkish group Calik Enerji to build a 300 MW gas-fired power plant in Cap des Biches.
Since its offshore gas fields are planned to come on stream in the next few years, Senegal plans to convert its coal-fired and oil-fired power plants to gas over the next years. The government expects this fuel conversion to help reduce power generation costs and end-consumer prices. At the end of 2019, Senegal’s installed capacity stood at 1.3 GW with oil accounting for 60% of the total capacity and coal for 13% (less than 6% for gas).
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