Gorou Banda power plant
| Gorou Banda power plant | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 25 '52 " N , 2 ° 7' 12" E | ||
| country | Niger | ||
| place | Niamey | ||
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| Type | Diesel power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | diesel | ||
| power | 100 MW | ||
| owner | NIGELEC | ||
| Start of operations | 2nd April 2017 | ||
The power plant Gorou Banda ( French : Centrale thermique de Gorou Banda ) is a diesel - thermal power plant in the city of Niamey in Niger .
Plant and technical data
The power plant is located southwest of the village of Gorou Banda in the Niamey V arrondissement . It covers an area of 80 hectares . For grounds include, besides the actual power plant a 11 / 132- kV - substation , a 132/66/20 kV substation and a fuel storage, further office, personnel and residential buildings. The Gorou Banda power plant has an output of 100 MW .
The electricity is fed into the public grid and is used to supply the cities of Niamey, Dosso and Tillabéri . This is done via four high-voltage lines of 20 kV and four high-voltage lines of 66 and 132 kV.
Owner and history
The Gorou Banda power station is owned by the state-owned electricity supplier Société nigérienne d'électricité (NIGELEC). The power plant was opened on April 2, 2017 by President Mahamadou Issoufou . The cost of construction was 75 billion CFA francs .
Web links
- Inauguration de la Centrale thermique diesel de Gorou Banda, vers la fin de calvaire des Niaméens. In: Tamtam Info. April 1, 2017(French).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Inauguration de la Centrale thermique diesel de Gorou Banda, vers la fin de calvaire des Niaméens. In: Tamtam Info. April 1, 2017, accessed June 3, 2019 (French).
- ↑ a b En 2017, la centrale de Gorou Banda a produit 172 378 MWh d'énergie et a consommé 36 032 tonnes de combustibles. In: Niamey et les 2 jours. August 24, 2018, accessed June 3, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Gorou Banda Oil Power Plant (Under Construction). In: IndustryAbout. July 11, 2015, accessed June 3, 2019 .