To intensify its electricity network, Senegal has started the installation of its first high-voltage submarine connection. Yesterday, Monday, the Chief of Staff of the Minister of Energy, Oil and Mines, Professor Meissa Diakhaté, made a technical visit to the Autonomous Port of Dakar. He was accompanied by the General Director of Senelec Papa Toby GAYE and the Director of Electricity, Cheikh Moulaye Idriss FALL. The purpose of this trip to the PAD was to inspect the CMOS Installer cable. It is this vessel which is responsible for installing the submarine electrical cable as part of the establishment of the submarine link (LSM).
The installation work on this cable is making rapid progress. Enough to satisfy the team who were on site. The 225 kV submarine cable is 14 km long. It will connect Cap des Biches to Rive Bel Air. According to the teams, an additional 2 km of underground cable will be added to this connection. Which will go to the Bel Air electrical substation, bringing the total length to 16 km.
This electricity extension project is an investment of 111 billion FCFA. It was funded to the tune of $200 million by the Millennium Challenge Account Senegal II (MCA) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the United States.
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