Côte d’Ivoire: Third gas power plant mooted again, possibly at San-Pédro


Issue 456 - 11 Mar 2022 | 1 minute read

Côte d’Ivoire is still planning for a third gas-fired power plant, which is likely to operate as a mid-merit or peaking plant to help manage variable renewable power. It is not yet clear whether this plant will be located at a site near Abidjan, like Azito and Ciprel. There has been talk about repurposing the 700MW San-Pédro coal project as a CCGT unit.

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