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Singrobo-Ahouaty hydroelectric development, Côte d'Ivoire

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10th September 2021

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Name of the Project
Singrobo-Ahouaty hydroelectric development.

Location
On the Bandama river, 23 km downstream of the existing Taabo dam and upstream of the confluence of the Nzi river, in Côte d’Ivoire.

Project Owner/s
Ivoire Hydro Energy (IHE).

Project Description
Singrobo will be Côte d’Ivoire’s first hydroelectric project developed by an independent power producer.

The project entails the construction of a 44 MW hydroelectricity generation plant and will comprise:

• a 27-m-high and 1025-m-long rockfill dam on the right bank of the Bandama river;

• a 27-m-high and 150-m-long concrete dam on the left bank;

• a spillway, water intake structure and bottom outlet in the centre;

• a 19.6 km2 reservoir, with a volume of about 105 h/m3;

• two 5-m-diameter penstocks;

a powerhouse, with two horizontal 22 MW Kaplan turbines supplied by GE/Alstom;

• a 1.3-km-long and 35-m-wide tailrace channel;

about 3 km of access roads;

• camp site facilities, including construction facilities and a permanent operations and maintenance camp site; and

• a 4 km, 90 kV transmission line and substation to connect the hydropower plant to the existing Taabo-Agboville transmission line.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Capital Expenditure
€174-million.

Planned Start/End Date
Financial close is expected late in the third quarter of 2021 and is expected to take 36 months to build.

Latest Developments
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a subsidiary of the Private Infrastructure Development Group, is lending €25-million over 18 years to IHE for the project.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
GE and Alstom (Kaplan turbines); Norton Rose Fulbright (international legal counsel); Royal HaskoningDHV (lenders’ technical adviser and environment and social adviser); Mott McDonald (lenders’ adviser for construction monitoring); Mazars (model audit and tax adviser); INDECS Consulting and Platinum (insurance adviser and broker); and EAIF (loan finance).

Contact Details for Project Information
IHE, tel +225 27 21 74 4504 or email contact@iheci-spv.com.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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