Mauritania-Mali transmission line
Funding for a $900 M multinational power transmission line between Mauritania and Mali has been mobilised.
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Mauritania, Nouakchott: Funding for a $900 M multinational power transmission line between Mauritania and Mali has been mobilised.
The project constitutes an essential link in the regional electricity distribution system known as the “trans-Sahel spine,” which is currently being studied. The project aims to connect 620,000 people to electricity.
It will link Mauritania to Chad, passing through three other countries: Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali.
The 225 kV line will connect new renewable energy parks to the sub-region’s power grid.
The African Development Bank Group, which has worked closely with both countries to prepare the project, affirmed its interest in co-funding. The project aligns with the Bank Group’s Desert-to-Power initiative, which is set to become the world’s largest area of solar power generation. The initiative will increase solar production capacity by 100 MW. It will also strengthen and extend distribution networks covering nearly 1,500 km of high-voltage (225 kV) lines.
Mauritania’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Abdessalam Ould Mohamed Saleh, said: “The strategic nature of this project will have a strong transformative effect on the economy while creating a connection to the Senegal River Basin Development Organisation’s grid.”
AfDB Group’s Deputy Director General for North Africa and Country Manager for Mauritania, Malinne Blomberg, said: “The aim of our involvement in this large-scale project is to turn our policy of supporting the development of green infrastructure in Africa into a reality. To promote green, inclusive, sustainable growth, which will significantly improve the living conditions of people in Africa. We firmly believe that this project will have a transformative effect on promoting both the private sector and trade and, consequently, create job opportunities.”
Source: ESI Africa
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