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New gas turbine opened

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    A 35-megawatt gas turbine at Senegal’s state-owned power-generating plant, SENELEC, was opened on Monday by visiting Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, AFP reported.

    The turbine cost 9.4 billion CFA francs (15.7 million dollars) and is expected to bring an end to the chronic energy shortfalls which have plagued Senegal in recent months. Hydro-Quebec International/Elyo, the Canadian consortium which supplied and installed it, had acquired a 34-percent stake in SENELEC for 50 million dollars, according to AFP.

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