Côte d’Ivoire: First power from Soubré
Issue 350
- 14 Jul 2017
| 2 minute read
Côte d’Ivoire marked the commissioning of the country’s largest hydropower plant at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly on 29 June. The first of three 90MW units at the 275MW Soubré hydropower station at Naoua Falls, on the Sassandra River in the south-eastern region of Nawa, is now generating power after being connected to the national grid in late May. The next two units are expected to enter commercial service by October, according to the state utility CI-Energies, which will own and operate the plant.
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