A delegation from the Central African Power Pool (PEAC) led by its president, the Angolan Rui Pereira Do Amaral Gourgel (Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Electricity Transmission Company RNT-EP of Angola) and Azarak Mogro Atadet, Permanent Secretary of the said Pool recently visited Gabon to ensure Gabon’s commitment to the vast program of interconnecting the electricity networks of the countries of Central Africa implemented by the PEAC.
The mission was part of the regular exchanges that the specialized body of ECCAS maintains with its member states. It focuses on strengthening synergies between the different actors operating in the electricity sector of the sub-region.
At the center of the work agenda of the Chairman of the PEAC Steering Committee and his delegation, a technical meeting with the General Management of SEEG. The two parties examined the issue related to the institutional support of SEEG towards the organization.
The meeting took stock of the progress of the Gabon-Equatorial Guinea electricity grid interconnection project, which began on August 15, 2023 and is being undertaken under the aegis of the PEAC, work whose effective commissioning is expected in 2024.
The delegation then visited the Bisségué high-voltage distribution station (225/90 KV). Located in the Plein-Ciel district, this operating unit constitutes an essential link in the Libreville Interconnected Network.
« I am leaving with a feeling of pleasure because in terms of the information I have just received from SEEG, the level is well advanced and I think that in the near future we will bring this project to fruition. “, exulted Rui Pereira DO Amaral Gougel after his stay in Gabon.
Created on April 12, 2003 in Brazzaville, Congo, the PEAC is the specialized institution of the ECCAS which deals, among other things, with questions of implementation of energy policies in the Central African sub-region, monitoring of community energy projects and the organization of exchanges of electrical energy between states.
The PEAC works to develop the enormous hydroelectric potential of Central Africa to meet all forms of electricity demand within and outside the ECCAS area, through the interconnection mechanism and the creation of free trade markets for electrical energy.
In total, 41 regional projects are in the PEAC portfolio. According to the permanent secretary of the PEAC, Atadet Azarak Mogro, the implementation of these regional projects would cost 14 billion euros, or approximately 9,157.6 billion CFA francs.
Betines Makosso
2024-07-28 11:03:00
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