Côte d’Ivoire: AfDB approves debt for Ciprel
Issue 260
- 09 Aug 2013
| 2 minute read
The African Development Bank (AfDB) board on 24 July approved a €50m ($66m) loan for the expansion of the Compagnie Ivoirienne de Production d’Electricité (Ciprel) plant at Vridi (AE 224/7). The project, which has been on the cards for more than 18 months, will expand the existing 321MW power plant to 543MW. The Ciprel plant, owned by France’s Bouygues, consists of three 33MW General Electric (GE) MS6001 B-type gas turbines commissioned in 1995, one 111MW GE MS 9001 E-type gas turbine commissioned in 1997 and one 111MW PG 9171 E-type gas turbine commissioned in 2009.
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