The paper will firstly consider the reasons for the widening gap between supply and demand of electricity in Nigeria and the ECOWAS region. Thereafter, the potentials and opportunities in solar and natural gas for increasing power supply in West Africa will be analysed. It should be noted that the data for the West African Pipeline is limited.
The study suggests that the investment in new and improved methods for the generation of electricity is a necessity to ensure sustainability in supply and also eliminate the electricity gap permanently which will result in the overall furtherance in environmental, economic and social aspects. ECOWAS, therefore, provides for solutions that introduce renewable energy solutions to overcome current challenges in off peak generation and Natural Gas for Base Load generation of electricity to stabilise electricity supply so the demand can be met.
Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION
2. WEST AFRICA ENERGY OUTLOOK
2.1 Electricity Supply vs Demand in ECOWAS
2.2 Current Challenges:
2.2.1. Electricity Gap
2.2.2 Distribution Value Chain
2.3. Impact of Electricity supply on Economic growth
2.3.1 Case Study: Job creation through rehabilitation of the grid in Mozambique
3. OPTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FOR ECOWAS MEMBER STATES
3.1 Independent Power Producers
3.2. West African Gas Pipeline
3.2.1. Objective
3.2.2. Challenges
3.2.3. Regional Development in Gas Sector
3.2.4. Opportunity
3.2.5. Commercial Viability
3.3 West African Solar Corridor
3.4 ECOWAS – ECREEE MINI GRID INITIATIVE
3.5 Distributed Energy Sources - Case Study Côte d’Ivoire
4. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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- Christian Elemele (Author), 2018, Increasing Electricity Supply for Development in Selected ECOWAS member States, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/441756
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