Gambia: Seeking Foreign Investment to Reduce Power Outages

In November 2012, this reporter started to investigate the cause of the power outage. NAWEC has reported that demand has exceeded supply. No indication has been given how this problem is to be solved. This reporter has however gathered that investors are interested in the Sector and Government is trying to get legal advice on how to proceed with the issue. This reporter has observed that NAWEC's main power generating house is still the Kotu Power Station supported by a number of power stations in the major provincial towns, and an Independent Power Producer (IPP) at Brikama.

According to information earlier gathered from NAWEC quarters, the current installed capacity at Kotu Power Station is about 41.4 MW with a maximum available capacity of 35 MW at peak load and that the IPP in Brikama has a total installed capacity of about 25.6 MW with a maximum available capacity of 16.5 MW at peak load. For the provincial operations, the information reveals that there are stand alone power stations in the major provincial towns and that the total installed capacity of all these stations is 5710 kWh with a total maximum available capacity of 5310 kWh and 16.5 MW at peak load.

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