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ECOWAS Status Report - Hydropower

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY STATUS REPORT 2014 | 33 TABLE 5 | Installed Renewable Energy Capacity (Grid-Connected) in ECOWAS Member States, 2014 Source: see endnote 18 for this section. Throughout most of the ECOWAS region, transmission and distribution networks are insufficient and unreliable, serving only limited portions of the population, mostly in urban areas. Decentralised and off-grid renewable technologies provide opportunities to generate electricity in areas without access, often at lower cost. In the Gambia, where rural villages are typically 5–25 kilometres from the grid, the high cost of extending transmission lines, combined with the financial challenges posed by low electricity demand in rural communities, makes grid extension to many locations infeasible.19 Likewise, in Niger, the cost of extending transmission lines to villages with low electricity demand is often prohibitively expensive, and grid connection fees are too high for low-income households.20 These factors, combined with the falling costs of renewable technologies and the chance to avoid high network losses, make distributed and off-grid generation very attractive. Recognising this, several Member State governments have begun prioritising such projects. In Sierra Leone, where the national grid was destroyed during the Civil War and currently serves only the capital, the government’s efforts to expand electricity access focus largely on off-grid installations, particularly solar, hydropower, and conventional thermal generation.21 HYDROPOWER WIND SOLAR PV BIOMASS TOTAL Installed Capacity Installed Capacity Installed Capacity Installed Capacity Installed Renewable Capacity Share of Total Overall Capacity (including non-renewable generation) MW MW MW MW MW % Benin 2 0 0 0 2 1.9 Burkina Faso 29 0 0 0 29 14.7 Cabo Verde 0 26 6.4 0 32.4 23 Côte d’Ivoire 604 0 0 3 604 42.9 The Gambia 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ghana 1,580 0 1.92 0 1,582 56.9 Guinea 126.8 0 0 0 126.8 29.7 Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liberia 4.6 0 0 0 4.6 21 Mali 300 0 0 0 300 65.5 Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nigeria 1,977 0.03 0 0.5 1,978 16.2 Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sierra Leone 56 0 0 0 56 35.6 Togo 65.6 0 0 0 65.6 28.8 TOTAL ECOWAS 4745 27.03 8.32 3.5 4781.4 28.8 RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET AND INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 02 Benin 200021.9 Burkina Faso 290002914.7 Cabo Verde 0266.4032.423 Côte d’Ivoire 60400360442.9 The Gambia 010010 Ghana 1,58001.9201,58256.9 Guinea 126.8000126.829.7 Guinea-Bissau 000000 Liberia 4.60004.621 Mali 30000030065.5 Niger 000000 Nigeria 1,9770.0300.51,97816.2 Senegal 000000 Sierra Leone 560005635.6 Togo 65.600065.628.8 TOTAL ECOWAS 474527.038.323.54781.428.8

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