The company responsible for the services reported today that the electricity “has already been restored” in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, after almost four hours without electricity and water due to a breakdown attributed to a bird.
In a statement released on social media, the company Eletricidades e Águas da Guiné-Bissau (EAGB) also states that it is “reestablishing transformation stations spread throughout the capital and surrounding areas”.
The Bissau area was left, around 6:30 pm on Tuesday (7:30 pm in Lisbon), without electricity and, consequently, without water, a cut that EAGB justified, in an “urgent communication” to customers, with the intervention of a bird.
According to the company, the supply failure was due to “the landing of a large bird” on the power distribution equipment.
The Guinean capital is supplied with electricity through a floating power plant (ship) owned by a Turkish company, which provides this service to Guinea-Bissau and other African countries.
According to the company responsible for electricity and water services, the cut that occurred in Bissau resulted from “a shot in the groups of the boat belonging to the energy producing company KARPOWER, due to the landing of a large bird on the tower that connects the boat to the power station electrical”.
Part of the population of the Guinean capital filled the gap by using generators that were once the main source of energy until the Government signed, around five years ago, the agreement with the Turkish company for supply through the floating platform.