Senegal energy map, Feb24

Senegal’s 300MW WAE plant sees start-up as wider energy contract audit commences


Issue 512 - 10 Sep 2024 - By Waly Dione Faye | 4 minute read

West Africa Energy’s nearly-complete thermal plant at Cap des Biches will bring much-needed baseload capacity to Senelec’s network, supporting further renewable power projects. Meanwhile, the ruling Pastef party has started an audit of energy contracts awarded by the previous regime – with gas-to-power projects included in its scope, writes Waly Dione Faye in Dakar.

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