Woyofal, coupures d’électricité : Dr Abdourahmane Diouf apporte des éclairages
The Minister of Energy and Petroleum held a press conference on Thursday to discuss the challenges, reforms, and prospects of the energy and hydrocarbons sector. The pressing issues facing the energy sector were also on the agenda.
About Woyofal
Regarding the complaints about Woyofal, Dr. Abdourahmane Diouf explained that he and his team are "aware that there are misunderstandings." However, he assured that they will "continue working with Senelec to educate the public so that they understand better."
Regarding the power cuts, the minister listed the real reasons: "We had cyclical and structural problems which were at the origin of the crisis we experienced for 18 days during this month of September," he indicated.
Power outages
Regarding current issues, he mentions breakdowns, "as sometimes happens," with the machinery. As for structural problems, the minister explains that "Senelec is spending a lot of money buying diesel, which is more expensive than the expected gas, because the planned infrastructure is not yet available."
" So, the difficulty today is that we have a lot of infrastructure that is not yet available to supply the gas," says Dr. Abdourahmane Diouf.
The minister's assurances
But the minister assures that he and his team are working to expedite all these projects. For example, the Gandon power plant is scheduled to open in 2027. West African Energy is also experiencing some delays, but Dr. Abdourahmane Diouf assures that everything is being done to ensure it is operational by November.
"You have seen that we have put in place the pipelines with the gas network. So, we have a series of projects which will give very structural results, which will allow us, in the medium term, to definitively solve the electricity problem," the minister assures.
The message to the Senegalese
He therefore launched an appeal to the Senegalese: "What we are asking of the Senegalese is to know that we are leaving an old world, made of difficulties and inaccuracies, to enter a new world," he said.
The minister therefore assures that there is a set of projects which will give very structural results, which will allow, in the medium term, "to definitively resolve the imprecision in order to enter a new world".
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