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Power Interconnector

GENDER SENSITIVITY

 

URBAN-RURAL CONNECTIVITY

 

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY

 

PIDA PROGRAMME:
8 - West Africa Power Transmission Corridor

LATEST ACTUAL STAGE:

S4B: Construction (2018)

PROJECT LOCATION

Côte d’Ivoire Guinea Liberia Sierra Leone

PROJECT INSTITUTION:

Côte d’Ivoire - Societe des Energies de Cote d’Ivoire Guinea - La société Electricité de Guinée Sierra Leone - Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority Liberia Electricity Corporation

BENEFICARY COUNTRIES

Côte d’Ivoire

Guinea

Liberia

Sierra Leone

PROJECT DIMENSIONS:

Voltage: 225 kV

STARTING_DATE:

COMPLETION_DATE:

PREPARATION COST:

11.46 million USD

CAPEX COST:

549.30 million USD

PROJECT STAGE:

S4B: Construction

PROJECT FEATURED IN:

225 kV Côte d’Ivoire – Liberia - Sierra Leone - Guinea Interconnection Project

Construction of a 225 kV, double circuit steel lattice tower overhead transmission line of appromiximately 1,304 km, 10 new Substations (4 in Liberia, 5 in Sierra Leone, 1 in Guinea and extension of the 225 kV Man Substation in Côte d’Ivoire), installation of Static Var Compensators at five substations, development of WAPP Control Area Centre in Guinea and the extension of the national Control Centre in Côte d’Ivoire for supervision of the transmission line, setting up of a Regional SCADA System and frequency control systems.

DESCRIPTION

This project forms part of the  priority projects  identified in the ECOWAS Master Plan for the Generation and Transmission of Electrical Energy and shall interconnect  Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea to the nine already interconnected countries.

OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE

PROJECT RISKS

Delay in the project implementation

Delay in payment of compensation to project affected persons

PROJECT ECONOMICS

  • NET PRESENT VALUE: 120.06
  • COST BENEFIT RATIO: 0.00
  • FINANCIAL INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (FIRR): 10.07
  • ECONOMIC INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (EIRR): 16.90
  • COMMENTS ON ECONOMICS:

PROJECT FINANCING

PREPARATION CAPEX
COST: 11.46 549.30
COST SECURED: 11.46 549.30
FINANCING TYPE:
FINANCIERS:
EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure
World Bank
African Development Bank
World Bank
KfW Development Bank
European Investment Bank
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OVERALL COST: 0.00
ANNUAL COST: 0.00
COMMENTS ON FINANCE:

STUDIES

PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS

Sectoral Organisation

West Africa Power Pool

Project Implementer

CLSG Regional Transmission Company

Lead National Agency

Côte d’Ivoire - Societe des Energies de Cote d’Ivoire

Lead National Agency

Guinea - La société Electricité de Guinée

Lead National Agency

Sierra Leone - Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority

Lead National Agency

Liberia Electricity Corporation

Regional Coordinator

Economic Community of West African States

Preparation Funder

EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure

Preparation Funder

World Bank

CAPEX Funder

African Development Bank

CAPEX Funder

World Bank

CAPEX Funder

KfW Development Bank

CAPEX Funder

European Investment Bank

CONTACTS

Head of Division, Studies, Planning and Project Finance Bernard Hessou-bhessou@ecowapp.org

CONTRIBUTION TO 2030 AGENDA

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