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Seychelles seeks to generate electricity through natural gas

Seychelles is seeking international assistance to help the country move another step further from fossil fuel-generated electricity. 

Preliminary discussions have started for a project to build a liquefied natural gas power plant to generate electricity locally.

An economic adviser to President Danny Faure, Bertrand Belle, chaired the first meeting with key partners as three experts from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a branch of the World Bank Group, visited the island nation.

“The meeting was an introductory one between the IFC – who will be advising the government on the process of moving from where we are now, to a position whereby we have electricity being produced by combustion of LNG (liquified natural gas)….
Source: Seychelles News Agency