WAPP Regional Solar Power Park Project in Mali

<p>The ECOWAS Master Plan for the Development of Regional Power Generation and Transmission Infrastructure 2019 -2033 identifies the key priority projects that have been sanctioned by the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government for implementation by WAPP to ensure stable integration of the national electricity networks in the ECOWAS Region and facilitate optimal power exchanges and trading among the Member States.</p><p>The implementation strategy of the WAPP assumes the realisation of distinct but mutually complementary infrastructure subprograms, which when realised will result in an integrated efficient electricity system in West Africa. Key among the infrastructure sub-programs to be developed is a catalogue of renewable energy projects primarily aimed at augmenting the renewable energy component in the regional energy mix and also reducing the supply-demand imbalance within the ECOWAS sub-region. The WAPP Regional Solar Power Park Project in Mali of potential capacity 150 MW features prominently among the Priority Projects. The Project is scalable, multiphase and multisite. Three sites are selected, namely Fana, Bougouni and Sanankoroba around Bamako.<br></p>