Northern Africa
Mauritania
Energy / Power
Mauritania Power Transmission Corridor
- Build a 586 km 225 kV high-voltage transmission line starting at the planned Nouakchott East substation and terminating at the planned Kiffa substation
- Build the Nouakchott East, Aleg and El Ghaira substations
- Design, construct and equip the Kiffa solar photovoltaic (PV) facility, which will have a capacity of 50MW along with a 15MW battery energy storage system (BESS)
- Densify and extend medium and low-voltage lines alongside the transmission line around the future substations. The focus will be on connecting 80,000 new households and businesses for a total of 490,000 beneficiaries
- Upgrade the national dispatch centre of Mauritania by setting up a renewable energy dispatch centre
- Supply supervisory control and data acquisition (Scada) and fibre-optic equipment
