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Grand Bassam power station

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Grand Bassam power station is a cancelled power station in Port-Bouët, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Grand Bassam power station Port-Bouët, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 5.231732, -3.843846 (approximate)[1]

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP
1 Cancelled inferred October 2024) fossil gas: natural gas[2] 370[1] unknown not found

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
1 Government of Côte d'Ivoire [100%][3] Government of Côte d'Ivoire [100.0%]

Background

The proposal to build this power station involved the commissioning of a combined cycle gas-fired system of 270 MW by 2020.[4] However, plans appear to have stalled since then, with the latest movement on the project in 2018.

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221102130627/https://powerafrica.opendataforafrica.org/. Archived from the original on 2022-11-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20221012163916/https://www.africa-energy.com/database/grand-bassam-gas. Archived from the original on 2022-10-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20221105070252/https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=552a0e29-d1eb-494a-8f81-277905ce5740. Archived from the original on 2022-11-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Cote d'Ivoire to begin construction of two power plants by 2017, supply Guinea and Sierra Leone". The Africa Report.com. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2022-06-13.

Additional data

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