(Ecofin Agency) - Portuguese firm Efacec has won the international public tender launched by the public company Eletricidade e Águas da Guinée-Bissau (EAGB), to double Bissau’s installed electrical capacity.

Under the terms of the €10 million agreement signed for the project, Efafec is to develop it in two stages. First, the firm will build in the Bor and Bra regions, two substations, with a 30kV by 10kV capacity, and an energy evacuation system, with a 63kV capacity. In the second phase, the company will build in Bor a 100MW power plant, which will be linked to Bissau via a 6.2km long transmission line.

The project aims to provide electricity to a larger portion of the population, thus improving their living conditions and significantly contribute to the socio-economic development of Guinea Bissau.

Louis-Nino Kansoun