Name and Location
Cabeólica wind power project, Cape Verde.

Project Description
The project involves the design, construction, operation and commissioning of four onshore wind farms across four islands in the Cape Verdean archipelago. The plants will be constructed on the islands of São Tiago, São Vicente, Sal and Boa Vista.

The units will create a total installed capacity of 28 MW, which will be connected to the existing electricity grid on each island.

Each of these facilities will include towers with wind turbines, transformer poles, underground cables, a command centre, a substation, access roads to the wind towers, interconnection installations and other associated infrastructure, installations and equipment.

The units are designed to operate over a 20-year period, after which they will be decommissioned and the sites restored.

The project is expected to complement the State’s target of increasing the generation of renewable energy to 50%, by 2020.

Value
The project is estimated at €65-million.

Duration
The first plant on the island of São Tiago is expected to be tested and commissioned in May 2011, with all four plants scheduled to become operational by the fourth half of 2011.

Client
Cabeólica, a public–private partnership between the government of Cape Verde, Empresa de Electricidade e Água (Electra) and InfraCo.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Cabeólica (build, own and operate); InfraCo, in partnership with Electra (lead developer); African Development Bank (AfDB), African Finance Corporation (AFC), European Investment Bank (EIB), Finnish Fund for International Cooperation (equity investors); Gabinete de Advocacia Consultoria e Procuradoria Jurídica (overseer of local independent environmental and social consultants); and Sinclair Knight Merz (independent consultant).

Latest Developments
On October 7, 2010, the EIB and the AfDB agreed to provide a combined €45-million for the project. The EIB will provide €30-million and €15-million will be provided by the AfDB, according to a loan that was approved by its board of directors in May 2010.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
AfDB, Onike Nicol-Houra, tel +216 711 03227 or email o.nicol@afdb.org.
AFC head of corporate communications Richard Uku, tel +234 1 279 9600 or email Richard.uku@africafc.org.
EIB communications, Richard Willis, tel +352 43 79 82155, fax +352 43 79 61000, cell +352 621 55 57 58 or email r.willis@eib.org.
Electra, João Fonseca, tel +238 230 3030, fax +238 232 4446 or email j.fonseca@electra.cv.
Finnfund communications coordinator Hannele Korhonen, tel +358 9 3484 3337, fax +358 4 0042 8407 or email hannele.korhonen@finnfund.if.
InfraCo Africa and Cabeólica, Tobin Jones, tel +44 20 7079 3077, fax +44 20 7323 6570 or email tobin.jones@infraco.com.