Project to Promote a Shift towards Lower Carbon Power Generation in Senegal

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For Senegal, given the high dependency on HFO and the large potential for gas and renewable energy development, the mainintervention to decarbonize its generation mix and to reduce cost of electricity is through diversification of energy mix. Theproject, therefore, will support the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and SENELEC, and other relevant key sector agencies, withtechnical assistance and investment in support of private and public-private projects in the transition toward cleaner and cheaperfuels (gas-to-power, renewables IPPs with storage solutions).In accordance with the gas-to-power strategy recently approved bythe government, the private sector will be present in the gas transport company with a majority and will convert to gas theirrespective IPPs. The role of aggregator will remain in public hands.