Sierra Leone: HFO plant aims for July financial close

Developer Tempus Constant Qualitas (TCQ) Power is aiming for financial close in July on the 57MW first phase of its heavy fuel oil plant for Freetown, which will be Sierra Leone’s first independent power project. TCQ chief executive Karim Nasser told the Invest Sierra Leone 2016 forum in London on 5 May the joint venture of Abu Dhabi-based TCQ and Zambia’s CEC Africa Investment aimed to start construction in September 2016, for first power in December 2017.