Aggreko is expanding its power plant in Ivory Coast by 100MW of generating capacity to bring the total output to 200MW.
The power plant provides capacity into the local grid to ensure smooth running of infrastructure and services for commercial and domestic users. Doubling the capacity is in response to the growing economy, Ivory Coast experiences around 8.5% GDP growth.
“We are pleased to be adding an additional 100 MW into the national grid as part of our program of strengthening the energy infrastructure across the country,” commented Amidou Traore, Director General, CI-Energies. “The 200 MW supplied from the Aggreko plant is an important component of the energy generation mix and helps us maintain supply to our customers while we develop our long-term infrastructure programmes.”
The power plant in Abidjan was opened in 2010, at that stage there were 70 MW of installed power, an additional 30MW was installed the following year.
Power plants of this type are used across Africa to boost available generation capacity and give reliable power to areas that have gaps in the power supply.
