Cameroon/Commune of Bangangté: 10 billion for a mini hydroelectric dam of 5MW
This project implemented by this municipality has just obtained 100% financing from the UK-based company Solar Era.
The commune of Bangangté in the department of Ndé, Western region wants to equip itself with a mini hydroelectric dam. This will carried by the current mayor Eric Niat is gradually taking shape through the obtaining of a financing from his partner. To this end, a team of investors from the company Solar Era accompanied by its technical partners: Serengeti and Ages Cameroon, from Kenya and the United Kingdom had a meeting to this effect, last Monday, November 22 at the township beneficiary of this project. This was part of a technical visit relating to the investment of this project in this municipality plagued by untimely power outages, whose distribution of electricity is not always reliable.This first visit in Cameroon was in the framework of a technical visit on the investment of this project in this municipality plagued by untimely power cuts, whose distribution of electrical energy is now an exclusivity of the company Eneo Cameroon. This first visit in Cameroonian lands within the framework of this project, comes a few weeks after the first meeting held in France during the recent working mission of Eric Aimé Niat, Mayor of Bangangté during his recent stay in Europe.
According to the statements of the various parties involved in this innovative project, this working visit aimed to exchange on the investment plan, to understand and to understand and agree on the priority interest of the municipality and the populations as regards this project of construction of this mini hydroelectric dam of 5MW in Bangangté. A project that will certainly improve the comfort of the populations and especially attract many investors, in order to offer jobs to the youth. A policy that is intended as a basis for the fight against rural exodus. On another level, it was a question for the visitors and the mayor of Bangangté during this mission, to propose and explain the social responsibility of the company. According to the words of Eric Aimé Niat, mayor of the capital city of the department of Ndé, this project is part of his vision, which is to make "Bangangté, a city of light".
In order to make this project concrete, which will undoubtedly meet the real needs for optimal coverage of the territory in electricity, it is important to note that this project is in line with one of the promises of the mission of Mayor Eric Niat in Europe, a few days ago. The first magistrate of the city of Bangangté was pleased with the process of concretization of this project which is advancing at a great pace while welcoming the choice made on his town by its partners for the his commune by its partners for the implementation of this "great project" which, once completed "will considerably improve the supply ofhe said, "will considerably improve the supply of electricity in the municipality, which is a victim of power cuts and other voltage drops, and promote its economic growth through the creation of jobs and industrialization", because he is aware of the fact that development will pass through the territories that are the municipalities.
According to his statements, the project of construction of a mini hydroelectric power station in Bangangté has already been validated at the central level by the State of Cameroon through the Ministry of Energy.According to him, the project for the construction of a mini hydroelectric power station in Bangangté has already been validated at the central level by the State of Cameroon through the Electricity Agency (AER), one of whose missions is to promote rural electrification throughout the national territory. During their stay in the Western Region, the partners of this project and the mayor of the Bangangte commune have agreed to meet in the coming days to examine the other phases of the concretization of this project. Before leaving Cameroon, the representatives of Solar Era and AER, and the mayor had a second working session which allowed the investors to visit the site selected for the realization of this project located on the West Bank.Before leaving Cameroon, representatives of Solar Era and AER, and the mayor had a second working session which allowed the investors to visit the site selected for the realization of this project located on the Noun bridge, a locality located on the natural boundary between the departments of Noun and Ndé in the West Cameroon region. On the occasion, they also had a meeting with the prefect of the department of Noun and with the president of the Western Regional Council in Bafoussam on Tuesday, November 23.
It is important to note that this project with a total budget of 10 billion will be fully funded by the company Solar Era whose headquarters is located in the United Kingdom. To its credit, many projects of this nature have already been carried out in several African countries: Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa to name but three examples. The time has now come for an environmental impact assessment and compensation for the people expropriated in the context of this project.The time is now dedicated to the environmental impact assessment and compensation of people expropriated under this project pending its validation at the local level by the Municipal Council of the town of Bangangté in the department of Ndé in West Cameroon through a deliberation.
Source: ecomatin.net
