7 companies shortlisted for Lom Pangar dam construction

The list of seven companies who have pre-qualified for the market of 'the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the plant at the Lom Pangar dam and its spillway post', energy infrastructure construction in the region of the East of the country has been released.

The companies shortlisted, include the french giant Cegelec, which leads a consortium, as well as Indian society Angelique International, also in consortium with another company. Next comes the companies in Cameroon like the Espagnoles Cobra instalaciones y servicios SA et Elecnor SA; the Ethiopic CRBC Addis Engineering plc; the German Voith Hydro Gmbh and the company China Camc Engineering Co.

According to the Government release five Chinese companies have applied for this market, but four of them have been eliminated for inconsistencies and other shortcomings in their application folders.

As a reminder, the factory building at the foot of the Lom Pangar dam will have a production capacity of 30 MW, and will electrify numerous villages of the region from the East, through the installation of a 90 KV transmission line, approximately 120 km in length, between the site of the dam and the town of Bertoua.

The dam itself, whose partial impoundment is scheduled for September 2015, will have a capacity of more than 6 billion m3 of water. It was built by the China International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE)with an overall cost of 238 billion Cfa francs.