Electric utility ENEO announces an improvement in the energy situation in the Northern regions
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ower supply continuity from 5 pm to 7 am and, in the daytime, rationing periods have been reduced to 5 hours, down from 8 hours previously,” ENEO adds.
The electric utility explains that these performances are all thanks to the improvement in the operations of the Djamboutou thermal power plant (32 MW), the installation of an additional 4 MW at the Ngaoundéré thermal power plant, as well as the optimized production at the Lagdo hydroelectric dam.
ENEO nevertheless points out that the supply is not stable yet because of several factors. The first is the extreme demand on the thermal power plants, the Djamboutou plant notably. The second factor is the spare parts supply difficulties that are hindering the maintenance of various equipment. Another factor is the extreme heat that is strongly boosting energy demands (because of a rise in th
Cameroon to install solar plants of 30MW energy generation capacity in the Northern regions this year
(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon and electric utility ENEO are currently fine-tuning a project to install mobile and modular emergency solar power plants. This was revealed, on May 5, 2021, in a release issued by the electric utility. According to the release, this project is being developed to alleviate the pains of households and businesses in the northern regions, where there has been a continuous power outage (for several months now) because of the drop in water levels at the Lagdo dam.
The energy infrastructures, which are expected to generate a total of 30MW energy, will be installed in Maroua (the Far North) and Guider (in the North), the release informs. But, according to a letter the Minister of Water and Energy, Gaston Eloundou Essomba, sent on April 16, 2021, to Eric Mansuy, ENEO’s CEO, the infrastructure will also be installed in Kousseri (Far North). The let