{{Power generation company Aggreko plans to double its output in Cote d\u2019Ivoire to around 400MW within the next two years, in order to meet the growing demands of the country.}}<\/p>\n
Cote d\u2019Ivoire is currently registering a GDP growth of around nine per cent and is investing heavily in long-neglected power infrastructure in an effort to boost output and maintain its rapid economic expansion, according to reports.<\/p>\n
Marc Vatel, operations director of Aggreko in Africa, said, \u201cWe hope to double our electricity production in one or two years as we have that capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n
The West African country is home to offshore natural gas reserves, and also supplies power regionally to Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo and Mali. <\/p>\n
Cote d\u2019Ivoire also plans to add Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea to its power grid shortly, reports added.<\/p>\n
The nation\u2019s estimated total electricity capacity is around 1,600MW, which the government aims to push to 4,000MW by 2020. <\/p>\n
However, exports to its neighbours have declined in recent years as domestic demand has outpaced new power generation.<\/p>\n
\u201dOur cooperation with the government could legitimately increase because our power station functions with gas, producing cheap, clean energy with domestic gas,\u201d Vatel added.<\/p>\n
Aggreko recently began supplying 50MW of emergency power to Conakry, capital of neighbouring Guinea.<\/p>\n
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