Emerging Gabon

Energy Program

2011-2016 Agenda Ifas – October 2012

October 2012

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Gabon is implementing an ambitious strategy aiming at diversifying its

economy.

1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

18% 28% 38% 48% 58% 68% 78% 88% 98% 108%

Exportations par habitant, 2008, $

Diversification économiquePart des secteurs manufacturiers et des secteurs des services dans le PIB, 2008, %

>$5,000

$2,000-5,000

$1,000-2,000

$500-1000

<$500

GuinéeEquatoriale

Burundi

Congo, Rep.

Botsw ana

Malaw i

Rw anda

LiberiaSierra Leone Ouganda

Afrique du Sud

Libye

Nigeria

Angola

EgyptMaroc

Tunisie

Tchad

Djibouti

Kenya

PIB par habitant:

Mozambique

Maurice

Ghana

Tanzanie

Cameroun

Taille proportionnelle au PIB:

Gabon

Gabon 2025

RDC

Niger

Rep. Centraf

riqueEthiopie

Mauritanie

MaliTogo

Bénin

Sénégal

Namibie

Soudan

Algérie

Namibie

Exportateurs de pétrole

Pré-transition

Transition

Economies diversifiées

Côte d'Ivoire

Source: Lions on the move: The progress and potential of African economies, June 2010, McKinsey Global Institute. Performances MC analysis.

EMERGING GABON

Gabon

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The electricity sector, as a catalyst for the diversification and growth of

the gabonese economy, is undergoing a deep transformation.

Governance

Power generation

capacity

Energy mix

Power Transmission

Grid

2010 2020

Assets managed by Government

Corporatization of asset management

288 MW in power generation capacity

1200 MW in power generation capacity

A high proportion of thermal power

plants

Hydroelectricity represents 80% of

the energy mix

Isolated power transmission Grids

A countrywide interconnected

power transmission Grid

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Governance.

Ministère de l’Energie et des Ressources Hydrauliques (DGERH)

Asset Management Company

Individuals

Asset Management

Company

Operators

Beneficiaries

State

Electricity public service concessionaire

IPP

Professionals Institutions

Regulatory body Agence de Régulation du Secteur de l’Energie Electrique

A state-asset management company and a regulatory body have been created to secure investments both from the government and from private investors.

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Power Generation Capacity.

From 288 MW in 2010 to 1039 MW in 2020

55%

80%

24%

20%

2010 2020

hydroélectrique Thermique Diesel Thermique FO Gaz

1 200

288

Projected evolution of the energy mix between 2010 et 2020 (pointe en MW)

This configuration allows for funding through the Clean Development Mechanism.

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Transmission Grid.

FE II

Dibwangui

Chutes de

l’Impératrice

Grand

Poubara

Ngoulmendjim Libreville

Port Gentil

Franceville

Belinga

Booué 1

From 3 grids to one nationwide interconnected grid.

Hydroelectric power plants in project

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A more specific option based on the utilization of biomass residues from

industrial sources for providing energy to the future industrial zones.

Produce electricity and heat for the tax-free

wood processing industrial zones

Produce charcoal with wood processing wastes

and forest residues

Biomass

Program

•Install cogeneration power plants for the production of electricity and heat •Contract with an independant power producer for building and operating the cogeneration power plants

•Develop a network of micro-enterprises for the production of charcoal •Develop a wood chips production industry, essentially for export to northern europe

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The development of a diversified offer for improved and sustainable

sanitation in the cities and rural areas of Gabon

… the development of small EP stations and individual sanitation systems

Design and management of small drinking water production units;

Development of improved latrines and septic tanks ;

Sewage management ;

Development of small sewage treatment units;

Sludge recycling to produce organic fertilizer for peri-urban agriculture.

…the development of networks of urban sanitation

Maintenance of water supply networks.

Improve sewage traitment and management through the installation of wastewater treatment plants

Production of biogas from households wastes

The offer must cover…

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The green Education and Knowledge City will primarily focus on building

an education offer in the fields of the Green Gabon.

Biodiversity

Enginee-ring

Mana-gement

Informa-tion tech-

nology

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Gabon and IFAS: A strategic partnership

GABON

Green Energy Green

Education City

Sewage

Management

Wood

processing

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