2023-05-30 10:45:08
The Millennium Challenge Account Benin II (MCA-Benin II), proceeded, on Friday May 26, 2023, in the company of the Ambassador of the United States to Benin and the Secretary of State for Energy, to the inauguration of four substations in Cotonou (old bridge and Akpakpa power station) and Sèmè-Podji (red cross and CIMBENIN). Also present at the ceremony were the Director General of SBEE, the Mayor of the Municipality of Sèmè-Podji and the crowned heads of the city.
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Indeed, these new installations, carried out within the framework of the second compact of Benin centered on the electrical energy, will meet the needs in electricity for not only the industrialists, but also the natives. Indeed, the construction of these electrical substations, which started in January 2021, will secure the electricity supply to the areas concerned.
According to the National Coordinator of MCA-Benin II, Gabriel Degbegni, the Ancien Pont, Red Cross, Central Akpakpa and CIMBENIN substations aim to significantly increase the city’s electrical transformation capacity. from Cotonou. According to him, each of these substations is equipped with two latest-generation transformers, with a capacity of 2×31.5 MVA (Croix-Rouge and CIMBENIN) and 2×63 MVA for the Ancien Pont substation. , and 64 KV shielded equipment insulated with SF6 gas (Centrale Akpakpa). “The objective is to modernize the electricity distribution network in order to guarantee sustainable energy, by substantially reducing disturbances on the electricity network and improving access to electrical energy”, he said. , indicating that all the work carried out by MCA-Benin II and MCC will impact approximately 12 million Beninese over the next 20 years. Remember that these four substations are part of the achievements of the “Electricity Distribution” project, one of the four projects of the vast energy program financed on the one hand by the United States of America to the tune of 391 million dollars and on the other hand, by Benin to the tune of 31.6 million dollars.
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