Energy
Cameroon: ENEO’s cashflow problems force energy rationing in the Northern regions again
On September 26, electric utility ENEO resumed with energy rationing in the three northern regions of Cameroon, an official release informs. According to...
Market construction project suspended over land dispute in Bertoua
Elite force BIR trains 140 junior officers on counter-terrorism techniques
Far-North: 2 soldiers and 3 BK-Haram assailants die in attacks in Fotokol and Gozon
Chollet dam (600MW): Project launch still delayed by fundraising problems in Congo (official note)
For four years now, the 600MW Chollet hydroelectricity project remain stagnant, according to a joint note published by the Cameroonian Ministry of Energy...
Cameroon to install two mini-hydropower plants in the West and the Litoral
On September 20, 2021, in Yaoundé, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) presented the preliminary design studies for a project...
Mbakaou hydropower plant: AER announces possible completion in Nov 2021 instead of June
Up to now (September 2021), independent power producer IED Invest Cameroon has not delivered the 1.4MW Mbakaou powerplant it promised for June 2021 on...
Cameroon: Golar, Perenco, and SNH to increase LNG production by 200k tons yearly in 2022
GNL Golar and its partners Perenco and the National Hydrocarbons corporation SNH announce that in 2022, they will increase floating LNG plant Hilli...
Italian firm Enerray obtains investment incentives for its 30MW solar plant project in Garoua
Last July 13, EB Solar, the Cameroonian partner of Italian firm Enerray, signed an agreement with the investment promotion agency API in the framework of...
ENEO estimates state companies and institutions’ unpaid bills at over XAF207 bln as of end-May 2021
As of May 31, 2021, the State of Cameroon was the client with the largest share in electric utility ENE0’s debt portfolio estimated at over XAF207 billion...
Clarke Energy and INNIO Jenbacher powering new Pasta factory in Cameroon
Clarke Energy and INNIO Jenbacher are delighted to announce the successful commissioning of a high-efficiency INNIO Jenbacher gas engine to power a new...
VOG raises over XAF4 bln for the development of the Matanda block
British oil firm Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG), the parent company of Gaz du Cameroun (GDC), announces that it recently raised $7.5 million...
Cameroon eyes local green hydrogen production
On June 11, 2021, Minister of Economy Alamine Ousmane Mey and executives of the Australian firm Fortescue Future Industries Ltd signed a framework...
Cameroon generated XAF121.6 bln of oil revenues in Jan-Apr 2021 (BEAC)
Cameroon generated XAF121.68 billion of net profit from the sales of crude oil between January and April 2021, according to the national oil and gas...
Cameroon to pre-fund the electricity connection of 6,000 households in the east
The State of Cameroon will pre-fund the electricity connection of 6,000 households in the Eastern region, Minister of Water and Energy (MINEE) Eloundou...
Electric utility ENEO settles commercial dispute with Gaz du Cameroun with a XAF2.7 bln settlement
Last June 4, Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG) announced that its subsidiary Gaz du Cameroun received a XAF2.7 billion payment as settlement for the commercial...
38% of new clients that entered ENEO’s portfolio are from the rural zones (official)
In Q1-2021, electric utility ENEO added 39,298 new clients to its portfolio, according to information the company published in its recent quarterly...
Cameroon: Towards the electrification of 105 villages in the North and Far North
On May 25, 2021, in Kong-Kong (Northern Cameroon), the Electricity Development Corporation (EDC)’s executives proceeded to the temporary acceptance of the...
Cameroon: Oil products’ transporter COTOC boosts offer with the acquisition of 10 new tank cars
Oil products transporter Continental Oil Transportation Operating Citernes (COTOC) and its partner Ikram Logistics recently welcomed ten (10) tank cars...
National oil deposit plant SCDP to build a 2nd gas filling plant in the Eastern region
From May 17 to 22, 2021, the Cameroonian Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection organized public hearings in Ndoumbi 1, in the Eastern region, in...
Cameroon: ENEO ordered to reduce daytime energy rationings from 5 to 2 hours
On May 10, the Minister of Water and Energy (MINEE) Gaston Eloundou Essomba sent a letter to ENEO’s CEO Eric Mansuy instructing the electric utility to...
Watchdog ARSEL praises ENEO’s adjustments of its energy fraud management process
Electricity watchdog ARSEL has praised electric utility ENEO for the various adjustments it made after the April 13, 2021, warnings, sources close to the...
Tradex seeks a partner for the supply of 56,000 gas cylinders
The state-owned oil operator Tradex recently issued an international call for tenders for the supply, within five months, of 56,000 12.5 kg gas...
Cameroon presents its 2020-2030 electricity development strategy to Korean investors
On May 5, 2021, the 10th edition of the Cameroon-South Korea Economic and Energy Forum was held in Yaoundé. According to Jongham Kim, South Korea’s...
China Gezhouba Group commissioned to build the 600MW Chollet hydroelectric dam
Chinese construction and engineering company China Gezhouba Group has been commissioned to carry out the studies, construction of the 600MW Chollet...
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