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Senegal plans more domestic gas to lower electricity prices

Senegal’s energy minister said the country plans to shift toward domestically produced natural gas to reduce electricity generation costs and reliance on imported fuels after import prices rose sharply this year.

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Senegal plans to shift toward greater use of domestically produced natural gas to reduce the cost of electricity generation, as it seeks to cut reliance on imported fuels whose prices have risen sharply this year, the West African country's energy minister told Reuters.