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Publication date: 2 February 2021
Author: AIUE
Description: The solar resources of Benin have the potential to provide enough access to modern energy for the entire country's energy-poor population, the benefits of decentralized solar systems in the rural communities can create employment and provide the much-needed access to electricity. This paper identifies the available solar resources and how these resources could be accessed in the two types of solar installations: centralized, and decentralized systems. Utilizing the Sustainable Energy Access Planning framework guidelines, and an energy consumption survey in Kandi Benin, a simplified 10kW solar system was designed to assess the cost of the technology and how it affects debt levels among those who can afford to enter into payment agreements. The decentralized system has been addressed as to the functional reliability within an integrated Western African Power Pool scenario, specifically for the diesel hybrid P.V installation type. The impact of Benin’s level of governance has been reviewed with regards to their land-use policies and the effectiveness of their funding management in state-owned enterprises.
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Publication date: October 2020
Author: Innogence Consulting
Description: With an electrification rate of around 30%, the Beninese government has decided to bet on renewable energies and particularly photovoltaic solar energy, to solve its problem of energy deficiency. The many measures taken, in particular the exemption from import taxes and VAT on the sale of solar equipments, have made it possible to considerably reduce the costs of solar installations and restore purchasing power to the populations.
In this brief from Innogence Consulting in collaboration with the Beninese energy company ARESS, is presented an evolution of the costs of solar installations in Benin, the incentives taken by the local authorities and recommendations to boost a strategic sector of the economy of the country and the continent.
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Publication date: 2017, March
Author: ECREEE
Description: Benin is one of the smaller countries in West Africa and has about 11 Mio inhabitants. The capital of Benin is Porto Novo. The neighboring countries are Togo in the west, Burkina Faso in the north-west, Niger in the north and Nigeria in the east (see map below).
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Publication date: 2017, March
Author: ADF
Description: Support for efforts made by the Government of Benin towards regular supply of electricity in the short term, by ensuring fuel supply to independent producers; improvement of sector governance by supporting reforms that will in the medium term enable Benin to increase its national electricity production and have a tariff system that reflects the real costs of electric power.
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Publication date: 2016
Author: IASKS
Description: Wind is a renewable energy resource by nature. It is clean, abundant, inexhaustible and environmentally friendly. Essentially, this study investigated the prospects of wind energy for power generation in University of Benin.
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Publication date: 2016
Author: Benin Gov
Description: Despite the country’s potential, Benin is making only gradual progress towards sustainable development after almost 26 years of democracy and economic liberalism. Poverty levels are still alarmingly high, with 40.1% of the population living below the monetary poverty line. The Human Development Index (HDI) was calculated at 0.48 in 2015, ranking Benin 166th out of 188. Various aspects of governance exhibit clear weaknesses in terms of efficiency, transparency and accountability. Despite exemplary political stability, serious failings and inefficiencies have been identified in public policy elaboration and implementation.
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Publication date: 2015, September
Author: MCC
Description: In September 2015 the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation and the Government of Benin signed a $375 million agreement, or compact, focused on Benin’s electric power sector. The Government of Benin will contribute an additional $28 million in furtherance of the compact. The compact seeks to unlock private investment by supporting policy reforms and investing in electricity generation, distributionand off-grid electrification. The Benin Compact is MCC’s latest contribution to Power Africa.
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Publication date: 2015, September
Author: MCC
Description: This MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE COMPACT (this “Compact”) is between the United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a United States government corporation (“MCC”), and the Republic of Benin (“Benin”), acting through its government (the “Government”) (individually, a “Party”, and collectively, the “Parties”).
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Publication date: 2014, April
Author: Directorate General for Energy
Description: The national context appears a national relatively low energy consumption, marked by a predominance of traditional uses of biomass energy: Energy consumption in Benin is of 3344 ktoe in 2010, representing 0.392 toe / capita. This energy consumption is far lower than the world average of 1.7 toe.
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Publication date: 2013, August
Author: Global Data
Description: Benin is an underdeveloped country with poorly developed infrastructure and low exploitation of national resources. It has a republican form of government and is a member of international organizations such as the Economic Community of Western African States, the United Nations, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
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Publication date: 2012, April
Author: GIZ
Description: Rural electrification in Benin by Benin by grid extension grid extension:
I: Presentation of project;
II: Socio-economic impacts.
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Publication date: 2010
Author: rwi
Description: A baseline study has been conducted for the EnDev measure in Benin between November 2006 and February 2007. Throughout the course of the study, 290 households, 60 small enterprises and 60 social institutions were interviewed in the project region of the development measure. Being part of the project monitoring, this comprehensive socio-economic survey aims to assess the status quo before the implementation of the electrification component. It is complemented by a survey of 120 households, small enterprises and social institutions in villages close to the project region that already have access to electricity. This way, first impressions of the impact of electrification measures could be recorded. The central findings of the two surveys will be summarized below.
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Publication date: 2006, September
Author: ADF
Description: The electrification of 17 rural centres was part of the rural electrification programme embarked on since the 70s by Benin in the context of its development plans. The Government’s objective was to maintain an annual electrification growth rate of 6.1%. To achieve that strategy, the Government considered a medium-term rural electrification development programme the objective of which was to attain 51% coverage rate by 2006 and, in the long-term, gradual electric power supply to all at least cost, as well as the promotion of public lighting in the towns and countryside through the strengthening and extension of the electric power grids.
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