West African Power Pool

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The West African Power Pool , WAPP for short ( French : Système d'échanges d'énergie électrique Ouest Africain , EEEOA for short ) is the association of the national electricity companies of the ECOWAS countries with headquarters in Cotonou , Benin . The WAPP was founded in 2000.

Mission and goal

The WAPP orients its work towards the following goals:

  • Creation of an official and broad cooperation among the member states for the generation and transmission of electrical energy with the aim of increasing the overall electricity production and the operational reliability of the networks in the sub-region;
  • Increasing the reliability and quality of the electricity supply across the region;
  • Reduction of network costs in operations;
  • Increase in the investment funds necessary for network expansion through the implementation of cross-border projects;
  • Creating an attractive environment for potential investors;
  • Unification of standards and regulations in the electricity sector;
  • Creation of reliable and transparent mechanisms for payment processing in energy transactions;
  • General increase in energy supply in the region.

history

The founding was decided on the occasion of the 22nd ECOWAS summit in 1999. Its current form goes back to a shelling of the 29th ECOWAS summit on January 12, 2006, the actual founding meeting took place in July 2006 in Cotonou.

Members

country Production and sales company Electricity production
( MWh / year)
Benin Société Béninoise d'Énergie Électrique (SBEE) and Communauté Électrique du Bénin (CEB) 311.6
Burkina Faso Société nationale d'électricité du Burkina 944
Cape Verde Electra 469
Ivory Coast Société de Gestion du Patrimoine du Secteur de l'Electricité (SOGEPE) 8,262
Gambia National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) 240
Ghana Volta River Authority and Electricity Company of Ghana 11,090
Guinea Electricité de Guinée 1000
Guinea-Bissau Electricidade e Aguas da Guine-Bissau 34
Liberia Liberian Electricity Corporation 70
Mali Energy you Mali 2.175
Nigeria Power Holding Company of Nigeria 29,830
Senegal Société d'Électricité du Sénégal 3,673
Sierra Leone National Power Authority 175
Togo Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo 78.8

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pierre-Olivier Pineau: Electricity sector integration in West Africa. In: Energy Policy . 36, 2008, pp. 210-223, doi : 10.1016 / j.enpol.2007.09.002 .
  2. ↑ targets on the website of the WAPP ( Engl. )
  3. ↑ Decision ECOWAS A / DEC.5 / 12/99
  4. ^ West African Power Pool: West African Power Pool website . Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 29, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ecowapp.org
  5. ↑ CIA World Factbook (as of 2015)

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