The project estimated to cost $419.2m is jointly financed by five donors including the World Bank, the European Investment Bank, the Development Bank of Central African States and the French Development Agency.
By maximizing the hydroelectric power potential of the Sanaga River by over 5000MW, the project will help to provide rural electrification to some 150 localities including nine administrative centers while connecting 10,000 new subscribers in the East Region of Cameroon to the national grid.
Lom-Pangar will reduce the technical and structural difficulties facing the energy sector in Cameroon and enhance the country’s energy infrastructure.
The AfDB energy sector director Hela Cheikhrouhou said the project’s component package comprises an impounding dam, a hydroelectric plant, transformer stations, transmission and distribution lines.
