Mauritanian Electricity Co

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Mauritanian Electricity Co (Société Mauritanienne d'Electricité) is a legal entity registered in Mauritania, with headquarters in Nouakchott Sud, Mauritania.

This entity is not publicly listed, and it is not the result of a joint venture.

Also known as: SOMELEC

Table 1: Organization identifiers

ID Scheme	Code	ID data source
Global Energy Monitor (GEM)	E100000002014	–
Global Legal Entity Identifier Index	not found	–
PermID: Refinitiv Permanent Identifier	5053126614	​

Ownership Structure

Direct Ownership

Table 2: Direct ownership

Entity	Percentage / Percentage range
Government of Mauritania	100.0

Ultimate Beneficial Ownership

Mauritanian Electricity has unidentified ultimate ownership, the direct ownership is also ultimate ownership, or it is otherwise not applicable.

Intermediate Entities

Mauritanian Electricity does not have any known intermediate entities.

Direct Subsidiaries

Mauritanian Electricity does not have any known direct subsidiaries.

Asset Ownership

Table 3: Owned assets

Project	Asset type	Country/Area	Status	GEM tracker
Nouadhibou Thermal power plant	Oil & Gas Plant	Mauritania	operating	GOGPT
Nouakchott power station	Oil & Gas Plant	Mauritania	planned	GOGPT
Somolec power plant	Oil & Gas Plant	Mauritania	operating	GOGPT

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