The Memvé’élé hydroelectric
dam, under construction in the southern region of Cameroon, will produce its
first kilowatts in September 2016, the project monitoring team announced while
specifying that 80% of the construction works for this energy infrastructure
have been completed. The steering committee of the Memvé’élé project also
revealed that this dam will be officially commissioned in June 2017.
The Memvé’élé hydroelectric
dam, which the Chinese company has been building since 2012, will supply an
additional 200 MW during peak hours (between 6 PM and 10 PM), and will thus
contribute to reducing the energy deficit from which Cameroon suffers.
This energy infrastructure of
FCfa 420 billion in total, is for the most part financed by a loan from
Eximbank China, with approximately FCfa 243 billion, against FCfa 112 billion
from AfDB and FCfa 65 billion from the State of Cameroon.