Cote d Ivoire outdoor energy storage power supply input test

Will a lithium-ion battery energy storage system be installed in Côte d'Ivoire?

A lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) made by Saft will be installed at a 37.5MWp solar PV power plant in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). It is the African country’s first-ever large-scale solar project and the batteries will be used to smooth and integrate the variable output of the PV modules for export to the local electricity grid.

Does Côte d'Ivoire export electricity?

Côte d’Ivoire is the third largest electricity market in West Africa and has historically been a net exporter of electricity with 11.8% of its total electricity generation sold to Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana in 2019 (ANARE-CI, 2020). 2.1.2. Future cost assumptions Fig. 2 presents the long-term cost assumption for our analysis.

Will Côte d'Ivoire have a coal-fired power plant?

These aspects are left for further research. This coal-fired power plant is expected to be the first ever built in Côte d’Ivoire. Note that the implicit price of carbon for the other scenarios is not worth studying because they show CO 2 emissions in 2050 below the Paris Agreement target.

How much gas does Côte d'Ivoire have?

According to CIA (2020); Foxtrot international, 2007; IEA (2020), Côte d’Ivoire has 28.32 billion cubic meters of remaining gas reserves located in the southern part of the country. Most of this gas is used by the electricity sector. However, at the current rate of exploitation, the existing gas deposits could be exhausted by 2030.

Where does electricity come from in Côte d'Ivoire?

As natural gas is the main source of electricity production in Côte d’Ivoire to date, we pay particular attention to its modeling. Its supply comes either from national gas reserves, via the West Africa Sub-Regional Gas Pipeline (WAGP), or from international gas reserves in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Should Côte d'Ivoire use natural gas?

As previously states, natural gas has the advantage of a well-structured and familiar decision-making process and value chain in Côte d’Ivoire. As suggested by Fig. 14, if we compare the UGEM to the UGEM 60gas, gas would take the place of solar and partly of coal, which would further reduce the total capacity to install.