A regional committee for the development of information and sharing on the Senegalese gas network project was held in Dakar. It was chaired by Assane Gueye, deputy governor of Dakar, in the presence of the secretary of the Ministry of Oil and Energy.
This CRD is part of the environmental impact study of the Senegalese gas network project, the main objective of which is to set up the facilities that will enable the gas from Yaakar Teranga to be transported to Senelec's power stations in Cap des Biches and Tobène. The objectives of this meeting, which brought together all the stakeholders (administrative authorities, elected representatives, technical services of the state, etc.) were to inform the population about the project, to collect the opinions of the stakeholders, to determine the environmental and social issues of the project, and to identify the positive and negative impacts of this project.
According to the deputy governor, the gas pipeline network will cross several communes in the department of Rufisque. So necessarily there will be some impact. But it is a very important project that will allow universal access to electricity. For his part, Joseph Sarr, Director General of the Réseau Gazier du Sénégal (RGS) presented the project, insisting that it will allow gas to be transported to the power stations with the aim of reducing electricity production factors, producing electricity in quantity and reducing the carbon footprint.
For Cheikh Niane, General Secretary of the Ministry of Oil and Energy, the success of the RGS means access to lower cost energy with a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The next step is to hold consultations in all the municipalities that will be crossed. The installation of gas pipelines is part of the implementation of the Gas To Power strategy, which should enable Senegal to use its domestic gas to generate electricity by 2025-2026. This project was born out of the discovery of gas in our country.