Electricity Development Corporation (EDC) plans to invest CFA4 billion to strengthen the operational reliability of the Memve’ele hydropower scheme, a strategic asset of Cameroon’s Southern Interconnected Grid.
As part of its action plan for the operation and maintenance of the facility, the state-owned company has launched a tender to recruit a specialized firm to provide industrial maintenance services. The objective is to ensure full equipment availability and optimize power generation performance.
The selected contractor will be responsible for all predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance operations. The technical specifications aim to ensure the mechanical availability of the facilities to allow maximum power output, depending on hydrological conditions and grid demand.
The assignment also includes round-the-clock safety of personnel and installations, as well as close coordination with EDC’s operating staff, based on technical complementarity and operational continuity.
Through this effort, EDC aims to reduce the risk of downtime at a key asset, at a time of rising electricity demand and heightened sensitivity of the power system to production constraints. At this stage, the Memve’ele plant produces only 100 MW with a flow rate of 250 cubic meters per second, well below its planned capacity of 211 MW, due to a hydrological deficit, according to official estimates.
Amina Malloum
