(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon, through the national electricity company, Electricity Development Corporation (EDC), officially took over management of the Lom Pangar dam. This took place during a ceremony on 30 June 2017, on the site of this infrastructure constructed in the East region of the country, we learn from authorised sources.

The handover of this structure had been preceded, according to our sources, by a field visit, in May 2017, by an inter-ministerial team who raised 11 reservations regarding the operation and management of the dam. A month later, all the reservations were lifted, following readjustments made by the Chinese constructor CWE.

Lom Pangar dam is the biggest energy infrastructure ever constructed in Cameroon. With a reservoir capacity of 6 billion cubic meters, Lom Pangar's objective is to regulate upstream flows of the river Sanaga, in order to allow optimum production at Songloulou and Edéa power plants, on one hand, then enable the construction of other dams on this river which holds 75% of Cameroon's hydro-electric potential, on the other hand.

The Lom Pangar hydro-electric development project includes construction, currently underway, of a 30 MW power plant. This will allow several villages in the East region to be supplied with electricity.

BRM