This is a best prospect industry sector for this country. Includes a market overview and trade data.

 

Overview

Providing sufficient electric power generation continues to be a major challenge for the Government of Chad.  Chad does not have a robust nation-wide electrical grid, nor has it developed and promulgated a national electric power strategy.  Consequently, power generation remains highly localized. 
 

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Imports from the US
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Total Market Size    
Exchange Rates    

(total market size = (total local production + imports) - exports)

Leading Sub-Sectors

Leading sub-sectors in energy include power generation and distribution.

Opportunities

U.S. companies are already pursuing projects in renewable energy (solar) as well as power plants fired by natural gas piped in from the oil extraction projects.  There are also opportunities in collaborating with the GOC on developing a national power strategy as a way of getting in on the ground.  In March 2019, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a U.S. Government development finance institution, committed $10 million to support the introduction of off-grid solar kits and appliances in Chad. OPIC’s loan will help FinLux Ellen Sarl distribute solar kits and appliances to individuals, schools, health clinics and small businesses in Chad, providing them with an affordable source of reliable electricity.
 
Power Africa: Launched in 2013, Power Africa is a market-driven, U.S. Government-led public-private partnership to double access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. It also serves as a one-stop shop for private- sector entities seeking tools and resources to facilitate doing business in Africa’s power sector. In 2016, the Electrify Africa Act unanimously passed both houses of Congress and was  signed into law, institutionalizing Power Africa and establishing two goals; to add 20,000 MW of generation capacity and expand electricity access to 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020. In bringing together more than 140 of the world’s top companies, development institutions, and financial entities, Power Africa employs a transaction-centered approach to directly address key constraints to project development and investment in the power sector. These interventions aim to de-risk investments and accelerate financial closing -- from facilitating project bankability with financing and risk mitigation, to providing technical and transaction support, to engaging with host-government counterparts. Learn more about the full Power Africa toolbox at  or other opportunities offered by Power Africa.

Web Resources

Energy projects fall under the purview of the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.  Renewable energy projects are managed by the Ministry’s Agency for Development of Renewable Energy (ADER).  For further information, please  contact the U.S. Embassy in N’Djamena at Ndjamena-Commercial@state.gov.

 

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