(Ecofin Agency) - Senegal’s Minister of Energy and Development of Renewable Energy launched power interconnection project to connect the country to Mauritania.

The infrastructure which comprises a 225 kV power line will help Senegal get excess output from a 180 MW power plant in Nouakchott, according to a power sale-purchase agreement signed by the two countries, in 2013.

The project which will cost $122 million will be partly financed by the government of Senegal, $9 million, while remaining sum will be provided by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB).

In the framework of its partnership with Senegal, the Islamic Development Bank will also inject $70.5 million in a $75.5 mln project to boost Dakar’s power capacity.

Gwladys Johnson