The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in Western Africa under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The members of WAPP are working to establish a reliable power grid for the region and a common market for electricity. It was founded in 2010.[1]
| WAPP | |
| Electricity Grid Interconnection Organization overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 5 December 1999 |
| Type | Electric Energy Grid Interconnection Agency |
| Jurisdiction | Fourteen West African Countries |
| Headquarters | Zone des Ambassades Cotonou, Republic of Benin |
| Electricity Grid Interconnection Organization executive | |
| Website | Homepage |
Location
editSince 2006, the headquarters of WAPP are located at Zone des Ambassades, PK 606 BP 2907, in Cotonou, the capital city of the Republic of Benin.[2] The geographical coordinates of the headquarters of WAPP are 6°21'43.0"N, 2°29'25.0"E (Latitude:6.361944; Longitude:2.490278).[3]
Overview
editMember countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, The Gambia, Togo, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.[2]
The WAPP integrates the national power systems into a unified regional electricity market and aims to promote trade of electricity among the ECOWAS member States – with the expectation that such mechanism would, over the medium to long-term, ensure the citizens of ECOWAS Member States with a stable and reliable electricity supply at affordable costs. A number of WAPP priority projects identified in the Master Plan are currently being implemented, including the Gouina Hydroelectric Power Station, the CLSG Interconnector and Riviera-Prestea Interconnector Project. Feasibility studies have been initiated for a number of other identified priority projects, namely the Fomi Hydroelectric Power Station, Kassa B Hydroelectric Power Station and Souapiti Hydroelectric Power Station.[4] The current ongoing investment program of the WAPP is dictated by the 2019 – 2033 ECOWAS Master Plan for the development of Regional Power Generation and Transmission Infrastructure that was prepared with the support of the European Union and approved in December 2018 by the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government through Supplementary Act A/SA.4/12/18. The Master Plan contains seventy-five (75#) priority projects of which twenty-eight (28#) are transmission line projects. Currently nine (9#) countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo) are interconnected and construction is ongoing to interconnect the remaining mainland countries namely Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau and The Gambia by 2022.[citation needed]
History
editThe West African Power Pool (WAPP) was created on 5 December 1999 at the 22nd summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. On 18 January 2006, the 29th summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held in Niamey, Niger, adopted the Articles of Agreement for WAPP organization and function. Since 2006, the headquarters of WAPP is based in Cotonou, Benin.[2]
Members
edit| Country | Generation and transmission company and distribution[5] | Electricity production (million kWh)[6] |
|---|---|---|
| Benin | Société Béninoise d'Énergie Électrique and Communauté Électrique du Bénin | 124 |
| Burkina Faso | Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso | 611.6 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Société de Gestion du Patrimoine du Secteur de l'Electricité (SOGEPE) | 5,275 |
| The Gambia | National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) | 160 |
| Ghana | Volta River Authority and Electricity Company of Ghana | 6,746 |
| Guinea | Electricité de Guinée | 850 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Electricidade e Aguas da Guine-Bissau | 65 |
| Liberia | Liberian Electricity Corporation | 350 |
| Mali | Energie du Mali | 515 |
| Niger | ||
| Nigeria | Power Holding Company of Nigeria | 3,900 |
| Senegal | Société d'Électricité du Sénégal | 1,880 |
| Sierra Leone | National Power Authority (Sierra Leone) | 80 |
| Togo | Togo Electricité and Communauté Électrique du Bénin |
See also
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References
edit- ^ Pierre-Olivier Pineau (January 2008). "Electricity sector integration in West Africa". Energy Policy. 36 (1): 210–223. Bibcode:2008EnPol..36..210P. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2007.09.002.
- ^ a b c WAPP (2017). "Creation of WAPP". Cotonou, Benin: West African Power Pool (WAPP). Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Location of headquarters of West African Power Pool, Cotonou, Benin" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ European Commission (2019). "Update of the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) Masterplan". Brussels: European Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "West African Power Pool". West African Power Pool. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "CIA Factbook". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ "ECOWAPP". ECOWAPP. Retrieved 29 July 2021.