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Vinci wins €200m deal to build electrical infrastructure in Senegal

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A subsidiary of French construction giant Vinci and Senegal’s national electricity company Senelec have agreed a €200 million (US$219.5 million) deal to build an array of electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.

A subsidiary of French construction giant Vinci and Senegal’s national electricity company Senelec have agreed a €200 million (US$219.5 million) deal to build an array of electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.

The three-year project, part funded by French authorities, will involve the construction of 1,350km of high-voltage and very-high-voltage overhead and underground transmission lines to connect several thousand homes.

They also involve building eight very-high-voltage transformer stations.

The grid management system will be enhanced with the addition of an interface to remotely manage operations and detect defects in the overhead and underground power lines.

Local teams will receive training with support from Vinci Energies’s French and Moroccan subsidiaries.

The project is part of a wider programme to expand Senegal’s transmission and distribution grid, with a view to strengthening the country’s energy capacity by 2026 and move towards universal access to electricity.

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