Niger
Transmission and Distribution
West Africa: Call for consultants to vie for WAPP NorthCore Project
Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger seeks consultants for updating inventories and censuses in the right-of-way planned for lines and substations under the WAPP NorthCore Project, deadline for submissions is 20 June 2020.
Future Energy
West Africa: Hydro to support solar and wind in smart renewable...
The Smart Renewable Electricity Portfolios in West Africa study explores hydropower's support of intermittent solar and wind in a climate-friendly manner.
Press Releases
Official launch: Climate Change Development and Adaptation Programme
The African Development Bank, the Government of Mali and the Niger River Basin Authority this week launched the Integrated Program for Development and Adaptation to Climate Change in the River Basin Niger.
Solar
Niger awards French-Indian consortium to build hybrid power plant
Niger, a country with one of the lowest power access rates in Africa, is set to construct a 6MW solar-diesel hybrid power plant.
Transmission and Distribution
Niger to prequalify bidders for a regional interconnection project
The government of Niger intends to prequalify contractors for the Nigeria-Niger-Benin-Burkina Faso regional electricity interconnection project.
Generation
Niger: Mining company explores hybrid solar power solutions
GoviEx Uranium together with Windiga Energy to evaluate the feasibility of powering the Madaouela Project using hybrid solar power solutions in Niger.
Business and markets
Eleven Sahel countries to benefit from AfDB funding
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed to spending $12 billion over four years (2016-2020) in 11 Sahel countries, in bids to improve energy...
