The Cameroonian Electricity Company (ENEO) has announced a drop of 32.6% in the production of thermal power stations in the first three months of 2020.

The Energy of Cameroon (ENEO) has not been able to pay companies that generate power from natural gas (Globeleq, Aggreko) and the companies that supply gas to its generators.

A decrease of almost 60% was recorded during the period under review in the production capacities at the Aggreko operated generating plants at Maroua and Bertoua.

Compared to production during the first quarter of 2019, the reduction is due to rationing “at some power stations because of a fuel shortage caused by enormous cash constraints.”

In September 2019, Altaaqa which was the supplier of the generation the Electricity Company used in the conversion of gas to electricity at Logbagba, in Douala City, suspended its operations at the sit

According to the ENEO, during the period under review, the Song Loulou and Edéa hydroelectric plants on the Sanaga River accounted for 65% of the country’s energy supply.

This drop, in thermal energy production, can be slightly attributed to the 3% increase of hydropower production.

About ENEO

“Eneo is the country’s historical main electricity company. It is partially State-owned with 51% of the share capital held by Actis, 5% by Eneo employees and 44% by the State of Cameroon.

In generation, Eneo has an installed generation capacity of 968MW. Its generation facilities fleet consists of 39 generation power plants, including 13 grid power plants and 26 remote thermal power plants. 74 % of Eneo generation is from hydro.

The transmission network comprises 24 substations and includes 1944.29 kilometres of High-Voltage lines, 15081.48 kilometres of Medium-Voltage lines and 15209.25 kilometres of Low-Voltage lines.

The Distribution network comprises 11 450 km lines of 5.5 to 33 KV and 11 158 km lines of 220 to 380 KV. Eneo has over 973.250 customers with about 45% living in Douala and Yaounde.”