Senegal's national power utility firm Senelec has recently signed a 20-year capacity change agreement (CCA) for a 40MW/ 160MWh (4-hour) battery energy storage system (BESS) project with clean energy developer Infinity Power.
The national electric utility of Senegal, Senelec, has signed a 20-year CCA with Infinity Power for a battery energy storage project.
Infinity Power, a joint venture between Egypt's Infinity and UAE's Masdar, has sealed a 20-year capacity change agreement related to a 40-MW/160-MWh battery energy storage systems (BESS) project with Senegal's national electricity company Senelec. Infinity Power will build the battery at the Tobene substation in the city of Thies.
The planned facility, described as one of the largest of its kind in West Africa, will help Senelec stabilise the country's electricity grid and pave the way for further renewable energy growth in Senegal.
Expected to be one of the lowest cost producers of electricity in Senegal, the project is helping reduce the cost of electricity generation in the country, which has one of the highest generation costs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Infinity Power is Africa's largest pure play renewable energy provider.
The BESS is to be built at the Tobène substation in Thies, Senegal. It will be operated by Infinity Power's 158.7 MW wind farm in Senegal, Parc Eolien Taiba N'Diaye (PETN)
"Senegal is constantly eyeing opportunities to push ahead its renewable energy agenda by embarking on solutions that speeds up its transition to a low-carbon economy", said Papa Mademba Biteye, General Manager - Senelec, as quoted by Energy-Storage.news
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Libya has nameplate-installed capacity of 10 GW, but effectively installed capacity stands at around 7. 5 GW are available in practice due to spare parts and fuel shortage.
General Electricity Company of Libya (Gecol), a state-owned utility, plans to build a 500 MW solar park in the Sadada region, 280 kilometers southeast of Tripoli, in partnership with French energy giant TotalEnergies.
According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, Libya only has 6 MW of installed PV capacity. In its strategic plan for renewables for the 2013-25 period, the Libyan government has set targets for 300 MW of PV by 2020 and 450 MW by 2025. It has also set targets to build 150 MW of concentrated solar power by 2020 and 800 MW by 2025.
Based on the general production administration of GECOL, the daily average amount of gas supply required for electricity production in the year 2019 was 581 millions of cubic feet (MCF), constituting 26.7% of the daily national gas production. Natural gas represents about 63% of the Libyan electricity as presented in ].
It has been estimated that the rational use of energy in Libya through utilizing more efficient appliances and lighting combined with improved behavior and energy management initiatives can save up to 2000 MW of installed capacity equivalent to burning 50 M barrels of oil [ 161 ].
On the other hand, power generation efficiency in Libya is at the average of 28%, while losses in power transmission and distribution systems are at the level of 14% [ 168 ]. Therefore, efficiency of existing power generation and transmission infrastructure systems should be improved urgently.
Currently, Libya imports more than 300 GWh to alleviate the electricity deficit problem [ ]. The total annual power generation, as depicted in, has increased from 21.31 TWh in 2005 to 30.61 TWh in 2010 i.e., 44% increase in 5 years, and from 24.44 to 35.64 TWh between 2011 and 2013.
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The Libyan lithium battery market surged to $X in 2021, growing by 51% against the previous year. This figure reflects the total revenues of producers and importers (excluding logistics costs, retail marketing costs, and retailers' margins, which will be included in the final consumer price). Over the period under review,.
Strategies that lower electri ca-fi tion costs, particularly household connection costs, are crucial to the economic future of the region. Electric utilities currently focus their expansion planning primarily in areas already covered by the existing network or at best, areas that are reasonably close to the network.
The Government of Senegal objective to reach universal electricity access by 2025 relies on access to affordable electricity services in large areas of the country that are currently only partially served.
Supplies are covered by imports of either crude oil or refined products. In 2021, Senegal imported 1 Mt of crude oil and 1.7 Mt of oil products. Oil taxes represent around 10% of the State's budgetary resources and oil products are heavily taxed. Consequently, the country has the highest diesel and gasoline prices in Western Africa.
State-owned power company Senelec still produces electricity but has a new emphasis on on gas-to-power projects. Senegal is undertaking additional reforms to the state-owned power company, calling for the unbundling of the utility into three independent entities: production, transmission, and distribution.
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