- The African Development Bank (AfDB) is announcing financing of US$ 21.51 million for Chad.
- The funds mobilised by several development partners will make it possible to increase clean electricity production capacity and improve service to the population.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) announce financing Chand for clean electricity production. The $21.51 million in funding consists of a $19.6 million loan from the African Development Fund (ADF). The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is providing $1.6 million under the Desert to Power Facility. G5 Sahel. The United States of America is contributing $292,000 through the Power Africa initiative.
The funds raised will be used to implement the Power Sector Support Project (PASET), which the AfDB has decided to include in its Desert to Power programme, which aims to harness solar energy to provide access to electricity for 250 million people in Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan.
Under PASET, the National Electricity Company of Chad (SNE) will combine solar energy with three thermal power facilities in Bongor (250 km), Bol (300 km), and Biltine (1000 km) to produce electricity. These plants can use fewer fuel thanks to hybridization. The AfDB claims that the project will also make it possible to buy and install IT equipment for remote distribution management, connect twelve secondary electricity production centres to enhance the quality of billing and collection, and increase the capacity of SNE and other players in the energy sector, particularly the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ARSE) and the Chadian Ministry of Energy.
SNE intends to install 45,000 prepayment meters in order to decrease non-technical electricity losses in addition to increasing electricity production. The PASET will also allow for the creation of at least 15,000 connections with prepayment meters while improving SNE’s technical, financial and commercial performance.