However, a floating thermal power plant had been announced by the government to support power supply. But according to information from RFI, this option was ultimately rejected.
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There Guinea returns to load shedding. Already affected by the lack of fuel oil following the explosion of the main hydrocarbon depot in December, the country is encountering problems within its energy supply installations and equipment. This weekend, around forty neighborhoods in Conakry were plunged into darkness after a fire at the capital’s power plant and the breakage of a high-voltage cable, according to explanations from the state company Electricité de Guinée (EDG).
Visiting the Tombo power plant in Conakry last Friday, the Minister of Energy Aboubacar Camara justified part of the current load shedding by the insufficient level of water stored by the country’s hydroelectric dams while emphasizing that “ in the event of malfunctions, it is essential that accounts be reported “.
Bill too high
Ironically, the next day a unit at the Kaloum 5 power station caught fire in the evening and a high voltage cable was broken in Sanoyah, very close to Conakry, depriving around forty neighborhoods of the capital of light, according to EDG.
These problems brought back to the table the case of the floating thermal power plant, installed on a ship, and whose arrival had been announced by Prime Minister Bah Oury on RFI a month ago.
But a source within the Ministry of Energy confides that this is no longer on the agenda, the bill being too high. The State prefers to rely on its neighbors, including Senegal and Ivory Coast.
Still according to this source, Abidjan already supplies 7 megawatts to Guinea and could soon increase to 25 megawatts.