The Aggreko plant provides critical power to Ivory Coast and surrounding countries interconnected to the Ivory Coast grid
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, January 26, 2015/ -- Aggreko (http://www.africa.aggreko.com),
the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature
control services, has announced a three year contract extension to its
200 MW gas-fired power project in Ivory Coast, with an option to extend
this by a further two years. The Aggreko plant in the Vridi area of
Abidjan provides critical power to Ivory Coast and surrounding countries
interconnected to the Ivory Coast grid.
Photo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/150126ag.jpg (200 MW Aggreko Power Plant in Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
The
facility was installed in 2010 with the first phase of the project
producing 70 MW. This was later increased to 100 MW in 2011 and again
increased in June 2013 to 200 MW. With a booming economy and GDP growth
of around 9%, demand for energy has been increasing steadily in recent
years. The Aggreko plant injects vital capacity into the local grid,
helping keep essential infrastructure and services running, while also
ensuring power supplies are maintained to both business and domestic
users.
“We
are pleased to be extending the Aggreko project which forms an
important part of our program of strengthening the energy infrastructure
across the country,” commented Amidou Traore, Director General,
CI-Energies. “The 200 MW supplied from the Aggreko plant is an important
component of our energy generation mix and helps us maintain supply to
our customers while we develop our long-term infrastructure programmes.”
Economies
across Africa are growing at a phenomenal rate resulting in an
increased strain on power generation, transmission and distribution
infrastructure. By adding large-scale, fast-track interim power,
countries can continue to supply the energy required to sustain economic
growth while governments and state utilities work on bringing new
generation capacity online.
“Our
project in Ivory Coast is a great example of the value Aggreko brings
to its utility customers in Africa,” commented Christophe Jacquin,
Managing Director, Aggreko North and West Africa. “Our solutions address
shortages in power generation capacity, giving our customers the
ability to maintain supply while they work to improve their systems.”
Aggreko
maintains a strong presence in Ivory Coast and views the country as a
vital platform in its West African operations. In addition to the
Abidjan plant, Aggreko also runs its West African youth training
initiative, The Aggreko Technical University in Ivory Coast.
The
programme involves an intensive training syllabus incorporating
advanced technical, engineering and project operations modules.
Graduates have access to fast-track employment opportunities within
technical and project operations positions in the Ivory Coast and other
locations in Aggreko’s network of international power projects. The
programme has so far seen 18 Ivorian and West African engineers trained
with 14 of these going on to graduate and join Aggreko in various
locations across Africa.
Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Aggreko plc.
Media contact:
Nicholas van Santen
Corporate Communications Manager
Aggreko EMEA
T: +44 7920 709642
EDITOR’S NOTES
Aggreko plc (http://www.africa.aggreko.com)
is the world leader in the supply of temporary power and temperature
control solutions. Aggreko employs over 6,000 people operating from 202
locations. In 2013 we served customers in about 100 countries, and had
revenues of approximately GBP 1.6bn (USD 2.5bn or Euros 1.9bn). Aggreko
plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (AGK.L), is a member of the
FTSE-100 index, and is headquartered in Scotland. For more information,
please visit the company website at www.aggreko.com
Aggreko
provides power and temperature control solutions to customers who need
them either very quickly, or for a short or indeterminate length of
time. Examples would be the supply of power to an industrial site which
needs to service its permanent power supply, supplying a whole city in
times of power shortage, or providing a major sporting event with power
and cooling systems. We serve our customers either through our 202
service centres, which we call the Local business, or globally through
our Power Projects business.
In
the Local business, which accounts for about half of our revenues, we
hire our equipment to customers, who then operate it for themselves,
although we retain responsibility for servicing and maintaining it. In
the Power Projects business, which also accounts for about half of our
revenues, we operate as a power producer. We install and operate power
plants (http://www.aggreko.com/interim-power-plants)
and we charge our customers both for providing the generating capacity,
and for the electricity we produce. We design and manufacture equipment
specifically for these requirements in our factory in Dumbarton,
Scotland.
Recent customers include the 2014 FIFA World Cup BrazilTM (http://www.aggreko.com/media-centre/press-releases/world-cup-brazil-2014), the Ryder Cup (http://www.aggreko.com/media-centre/press-releases/ryder-cup-2014) and Cirque du Soleil (http://www.aggreko.com/media-centre/press-releases/cirque-du-soleil)
and the power utilities in over 50 countries including the UK, France,
Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Argentina, Venezuela,
Chile, Brazil and the USA.
In
2013 we fulfilled almost 48,000 customers’ assignments and 72% of those
who responded to our research gave us a recommendation of 9 or 10 out
of 10.
For more information, please visit our local website at: http://africa.aggreko.com
SOURCE
Aggreko plc
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