Guinea-Conakry will import 120 MW of electricity from Senegal to address the country’s energy crisis. The power will be distributed to households in Conakry through an interconnected network as part of the Organization for the Development of the Gambia River Basin (OMVG) project.
Set to enable energy exchanges in the MSGBC region, the OMGV Project aims to increase access to electricity in The Gambia, Guinea-Conakry, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. The project’s two main components include the construction of the Sambangalou and Kaleta hydroelectric dams and a cross-border transmission line connecting the four countries.
Initial trials commenced from the Linsan site near Conakry on April 24, enabling select households to access electricity from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
The initiative comes after a prolonged period of power outages worsened by an explosion at the central hydrocarbons depot in Kaloum in December 2023, damaging a thermal power plant on the island of Tombo.
Guinea-Conakry’s partnership with Senegal is projected to be three times more cost-effective than operating the Turkish thermal power ship previously utilized off the coast of Conakry. The ship cost $4 million per month and had a capacity of 115 MW.
