Sendou Coal Power Project (AFDB-P-SN-F00-004)

Countries
  • Senegal
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • African Development Bank (AFDB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Active
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Nov 25, 2009
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
COMPAGNIE D'ELECTRICITE DU SENEGAL
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 55.70 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 49.4
Converted using 2019-04-25 exchange rate.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 185.70 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EUR 164.6
Converted using 2019-04-25 exchange rate.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AFDB website

Updated in EWS Apr 25, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Jun 29, 2009

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

The objective of the project is to develop, construct, operate and maintain a Coal Power Plant that will produce annually at least 925 GWh of electricity, the equivalent to 40% of the currently annual production. The scope of the project includes the development, construction, operation and maintenance of a 125 MW coal-fired power plant on a 29 ha site located 35 km from Dakar in Sendou (Bargny). The project will be implemented within 24 months and will involve building a 225 kV transmission line and associated switchyard to connect the plant to Senelec's interconnected grid. It should be noted that the ownership of the transmission line and switchyard will be transferred to Senelec upon completion. The power generated will be injected into the national grid system at 225 kV. The coal will be transported by truck along the paved road linking the port of Dakar to the project site (approximately 30 km away from Dakar). This road is relatively congested during the day but an improved highway is located at approximately 15 km from the project site. A new four-lane toll highway is being constructed as well near the site into Dakar and is expected to be operational before the project enters into commercial operation. In addition, the Government of Senegal has awarded to Dubai World the right to construct a multipurpose harbor (Port du Future) at Bargny, nearby to the power plant site. In the long run, this harbor will be used to handle the coal as well

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The Independent Review Mechanism (IRM), which is administered by the Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU), is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an African Development Bank (AfDB)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the IRM, it may assist you by either seeking to address your problems by facilitating a dispute resolution dialogue between you and those implementing the project and/or investigating whether the AfDB complied with its policies to prevent environmental and social harms. You can submit a complaint electronically by emailing crmuinfo@afdb.org, b.kargougou@afdb.org, b.fall@afdb.org, and/or s.toure@afdb.org. You can learn more about the IRM and how to file a complaint at https://www.afdb.org/en/independent-review-mechanism/

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