Grand Eweng Hydropower Tender

Location The power station will be located at the Grand Eweng site on the Sanaga River approximately 8 kilometres 5 mi by road upstream from the town of Sackbayeme and 100 kilometres 60 mi equidistant midway between Yaound and Douala located in the eastern Littoral Region near the villages of Log Pagal and Kahn bordering the western Centre Region. The power station will be approximately 25 km upstream of the existing Song Loulou Hydroelectric Power Station. Scope The Grand Eweng project includes the development design financing construction and operation of a hydropower plant on the Sanaga River between Yaounde and Douala in the eastern Littoral Region. The project consists of a dam and reservoir with a hydroelectric facility and will be financed and commissioned in phases. The first phase is expected to add up to about 1000 MW of capacity generating over 7000 GWh average annual energy generation. The full future potential installed capacity of the site will be up to 1800 MW producing 9000 GWh average annual energy generation. This power will contribute to meeting Cameroons national electricity demand which is expected to be more than 3300 MW by 2030 and may reach 4000 MW with high growth. The development of hydroelectric infrastructure and increase in electrical supply is central to Cameroons goal to become an emerging country by 2035 and to foster growth in employment and living standards. The Grand Eweng project will benefit Cameroonians by lowering the cost and increasing the reliability of electricity that can enable industrialization and economic growth. Grand Eweng could also eliminate polluting oil-based power generation and optimize the management of the countrys water resources.The Republic of Cameroon represented by the Ministry of Water and Energy MINEE Hydromine and Eneo Cameroon ENEO has signed a letter of intent for the 1000-MW Grand Eweng hydropower project in Cameroon. The Grand Eweng hydroelectric site was identified on the lower Sanaga River in 1983 by the Socit Nationale dlectriticit du Cameroun SONEL at that time the national electricity company responsible for the development and operation of electricity supply in Cameroon as part of the Hydropower Potential Atlas of Cameroon.The Government of Cameroon and project sponsor Hydromine an American sustainable energy company entered into a project development agreement PDA in 2015 since extended to develop the Grand Eweng Hydroelectric Power Station following a letter of intent in 2009 and memorandum of understanding in 2012. Hydromine has financed detailed feasibility studies including front-end engineering design FEED and environmental and social impact assessment ESIA as well as financial economic and legal analyses confirming the projects attractiveness and viability for Cameroon and financing.