Makay 400MW hydroelectric power plant PPP

Overview:

• Makay 400MW hydroelectric power plant PPP.
• Platinum Power is developing a 400MW hydroelectric power plant and related infrastructure in Makay in Cameroon under a public private partnership (PPP) agreement with the country's government.
• Platinum Power, a Morocco based renewable energy developer owned by US fund Brookstone Partners, will invest $854 million in the project.
• The plant will increase Cameroon's installed electrical capacity by 30%.  
• Construction of the complex will begin in 2017 and is scheduled to be complete in 2020. 

Ben Naylor - Regional editor