Cenpower Generation Company Limited
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Who is our customer
Cenpower is a greenfield 340 MW combined cycle independent power plant (IPP) constructed in Kpone, Ghana, capable of operating on either light crude oil or gas (when gas becomes available). The engineering, procurement and construction contractor for this project is Group Five. The project has experienced sponsors with a good track record: Africa Finance Corporation (31.85%), Sumitomo (28%), local sponsor CHL (21%), Mercury (being effectively FMO's partner AIIM, 15%), and FMO (4.15%). AFC is an African-led international financial institution, established in 2007, whose mission is to improve African economies by proactively developing and financing infrastructure, industrial and financial assets. The plant is expected to begin operations in 2018, and will sell its energy to national utility firm ECG. There is a long-term, one-stop integrated Fuel Supply Agreement in place with Vitol Group, a leading oil trading company with a strong presence in West Africa.
What is our funding objective?
FMO is providing a US$24 million senior loan and a US$20 million subordinated loan as working capital for the fuel finance. FMO is also participating with an equity stake. FMO is also the lead arranger of the European Development Finance Institution (DFI) senior debt and the subordinated debt, mobilizing a total of US$163 million from five DFIs: DEG from Germany, OFID from Austria, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), Industrial Development Corp (IDC) and Emerging Africa (EAIF). A US$447 million senior finance facility with a cover from the Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC) is also being arranged by Rand Merchant Bank (including capitalized ECIC premium).
Why do we fund this investment?
Ghana's is a fast growing economy. Due to consistently high demand and limited supply of energy, the country suffers regular power outages. The Cenpower plant will increase the power supply by approximately 15%, providing much needed base load to the grid. Thanks to its modern turbines and combined cycle technology, the plant will operate at a higher fuel efficiency and with better environmental performance than existing power infrastructure. The plant is expected to operate on fossil fuels for the moment. However, once gas becomes available operations will switch over to this fuel, reducing the environmental impact of the plant. The combined cycle technology will be the cleanest fossil solution with the highest efficiency.
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| Date | Total FMO financing |
|---|---|
| 10/2/2014 | USD 20.00 MLN |
| 10/2/2014 | USD 24.00 MLN |
- Region
- Africa
- Country
- Ghana
- Sector
- Energy
- Effective date
- 9/24/2014
- Total FMO financing
- USD 12.68 MLN
- Funding
- AEF-I
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Risk categorization on environmental and social impacts, A = high risk, B+ = medium high risk, B = medium risk, C = low risk
Environmental & Social Category
(A, B+, B or C) - B+