Sendou power station

The Sendou power station is a planned coal-fired power station in Senegal. The propsed power plant, located near Bargny, was cancelled and replaced with a plan for a natural gas power station in December of 2019.[1]

Sendou power station
CountrySenegal
LocationSendou
Coordinates14°41′20.63″N 17°13′03.46″W
Owner(s)Nykomb Synergetics, Senelec
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational1
Nameplate capacity125 MW
115 MW (Planned)
Annual net output925 GWh

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.[2][3]

The power station would be located in the village of Sendou (also known as Siendou), 35 kilometres (22 mi) south-east of Dakar.[2][4] It will be located on the seafront in mostly industrial surrounding and therefore will not affect the biological diversity or areas of nature. The original plan was that the Sendou power station would be 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 25 years.[4] The project is expected to cost 118 billion CFA francs.[2]

The plan to build a coal power station was cancelled in December 2019. This move was hailed by environmentalists, who celebrated the second cancellation of a coal power station in Africa, after Lamu Coal Power Station in Kenya.[5]

Project company

Compagnie d’Electricité du Sénégal SA is a consortium that was incorporated to develop and operate the Sendou power station.[2] The consortium is led by Nykomb Synergetics Development AB and it consists of Vattenfall Power Consult, Maytas, BHEL, BMCE Bank, Standard Bank of South Africa and Comptoir Balland-Brugneaux.[3]

References
  1. "Senegal's Govt replaces Sendou coal-fired power plant with gas-fired one". Energy News | Oil and Gas News. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  2. "Sénégal : construction d'une centrale électrique à charbon de 125 MW à Sendou (Senegal: Construction of 125 MW coal-fired power plant in Sendou)" (in French). Sud Online. 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  3. "Nykomb vann Build-Own-Operate budgivningen (Nykomb won the Build-Own-Operate tender)" (Press release) (in Swedish). Nykomb Synergetics. 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  4. "Senegal to build new 124 MW coal-fired power plant". Forbes. 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  5. "NGO hails Senegal's nixing of coal-fired power project". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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