Niger: Gorou Banda diesel plant transmission lines tender

The Ministry of Energy and Oil is seeking bids for the supply and installation of transmission infrastructure to connect the 100MW Gorou Banda diesel plant to the grid. The work for the power plant, which is under construction at a site on the outskirts of the capital Niamey, is funded by loans from the West African Development Bank (BOAD) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). The BOAD is providing CFA40bn ($83m) of the estimated CFA80bn cost of the project, while the IDB is providing another CFA17.3bn and the government is providing the balance.