Energy
Cameroon: 44,000 homes to be provided with electricity thanks to performance contracts with Lagdo
In the framework of the performance contracts between the government and municipalities, since 2012 in Cameroon, Lagdo recently received a funding of XAF5...
France and the EU condemn the Bamenda and Galim attacks
Accused of conspiracy against Cameroon, Human rights group Redhac announces a judicial complaint against Paul Atanga Nji
Government’s HIMO operation slows youth recruitment into Boko Haram sect in the Northwest
ENEO: Optimized production and supply-demand plan reduces 2020 fuel spending by XAF8.6 bln
In Cameroon, the Electricity Sector Regulatory Agency (ARSEL) informs that in collaboration with electricity company Eneo, it has optimized the production...
Cameroon : Waste management companies go into electricity production
Multinational waste management company Hysacam (Hysacam), reports that it has started three electricity generation projects that have no equivalent in...
Etinde gas project : Technip FMC becomes prime contractor for development
British oil and gas operator Bowleven announced, on March 4, 2020, the arrival of Technip FMC on the Etinde field (on which it is 25% co-owner of the...
Cameroon promises payment of XAF45 bln to ENEO to reduce crisis in the energy sector
More information on the outcome of negotiations conducted for several months between Cameroon, Eneo, and its suppliers on the liquidity crisis affecting...
Cameroon : Part of a thermal power plant consumed by fire in Banyo
On February 9, the 1.7 MW thermal power plant which supplies electricity to residents of Banyo and its surroundings in the Adamaoua region was consumed by...
Memve’élé dam : Energy evacuation components to be delivered by Aug 2020
Chinese company Sinohydro intends to deliver the energy evacuation components of Memve'élé dam (211 MW) - built in South Cameroon- in mid-2020, sources...
Etinde block : British VOG and New Age sign gas supply LoI
Bowleven, the British oil and gas operator, co-owner of 25% of the exploration license on the Etinde block in offshore Cameroon announced today February...
Cameroon : 28 MW of power installed on CHAN 2020 and AFCON 2021 hosting sites (ENEO)
Three months to the start of the African Nations Football Championship in Cameroon, Eneo, the concessionaire of the public electricity service in the...
ENEO : There could sometimes be “errors in some clients’ bills”
“We acknowledge that there could be errors in some clients’ bills, sometimes. We handle them on a case per case basis and continue to learn from them to...
Cameroon : Domestic gas consumption subsidy amounted to XAF17.9 bln in Jan-Sep 2019
Between January and September 2019, Cameroon disbursed XAF17.9 billion to subsidize domestic gas consumption, the Board of Directors of the hydrocarbon...
Cameroon: 35% of gas stations are located in rural areas (Ministry of energy)
In Cameroon, 35% of the 835 gas stations in operation as of October 28, 2019 (for the 54 state-approved companies), are located in rural areas. This was...
Cameroon: Natural gas can contribute 20-30% of the energy mix , SNH says
“The SNH has demonstrated, since 2012, that gas can make a significant contribution to the development of the electricity sector in Cameroon by ensuring a...
Cameroon inks XAF10 bln funding agreement with the EU for rural electrification
On November 26, 2019, in Yaoundé, the Cameroonian government, signed, via the Ministry of Economy, a €16.15 million (a little over XAF10 billion)...
Cameroon: Public lighting takes over 55% of government’s electricity expenditures
The Cameroonian government, via the Ministry of Water and Energy, just launched a programme to monitor, control and optimize electricity bills in the...
Belgian and Czech delegations announce their interest in Cameroon’s energy sector
On November 14, 2019, two Belgian and Czech delegations were received at Cameroon’s Ministry of Water and Energy. At the end of the two audiences granted...
Cameroonian footballer Jean II Makoun partners with Upowa to promote solar energies
On 13 November 2019, Cameroonian footballer Jean II Makoun signed a partnership agreement with the Franco-Cameroonian company Upowa to promote renewable...
Cameroon: Independent power producers supply 26.6% of energy distributed in the country
At the end of 2018, in Cameroon, the overall installed power capacity was 1360 MW, according to utility company Eneo. 998 MW of that capacity was...
Cameroon: 65,000 new electrical connections to be made by June 2020
In the first half of January 2020, Cameroon will launch a vast operation aimed at building 65,000 new electric connections in rural zones. According to...
Cameroon: Over 300,000 users illegally connected to national power grid (ENEO)
In 2018, Cameroonian utility company Eneo successfully brought 18,700 formerly illegal users back into its client portfolio. This was in the framework of...
SCDP to raise its gasoline storage capacity by 20,000 m3
Cameroonian oil products’ keeper Société Camerounaise des dépôts pétroliers (SCDP) just launched an international call for expression of interest to...
Construction of 75 MW Bini dam has not started yet despite the energy minister’s previous assurance
The minister of water and energy’s visit, in February 2019, to the Bini 75 MW dam’s construction site, in Adamaoua, changed nothing about the static...
Cameroon: Yaoundé residents affected by fire at an energy distribution station
Most Yaoundé residents are currently in the dark because of frequent power outages. ENEO, the institution in charge of energy distribution in Cameroon,...
Cameroon : Sinohydro to carry out technical studies of 20MW Lagdo solar power plant
Cameroon has tasked Chinese firm Sinohydro with studies for the designing, financing, development and maintenance of a 20MW solar plant in Lagdo, in the...
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