The Power Compact project funded by the US-based Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Senegal has reached 49% completion. The electricity transport initiative is scheduled to be completed and handed over to the state-owned utility company Senelec by the first quarter of 2026.
The $385.2 million project aims to modernize and strengthen Senegal’s electricity transport sector to reduce high production costs. It includes the construction of approximately 30 km of 225-kV underground transmission lines, 16 km of 225-kV submarine cables, and substation extensions.
Senegal’s Minister of Mines, Energy, and Petroleum, Birame Souleye Diop, emphasized, “The completion of this infrastructure will enable electricity to reach all Senegalese homes, 24 hours a day.”
