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| − | ! scope="col" colspan="4" style="width: 602px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(79, 129, 189)" | <font color="#ffffff"><span style="line-height: 20.38px">Benin</span></font> | + | ! scope="col" colspan="4" style="width: 602px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(79, 129, 189)" | <font color="#ffffff"><span style="line-height: 20.38px">Benin</span></font> |
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| − | | colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="width: 250px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | [[File:Benin Flag.gif|center|180px|Flag of Benin|alt=Flag of _____.png]] | + | | colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="width: 250px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | [[File:Benin Flag.gif|center|180px|Flag of Benin|alt=Flag of _____.png]] |
| − | | style="width: 250px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | [[File:Benin (orthographic projection with inset).png|center|180px|Benin Location|alt=Location _______.png]] | + | | style="width: 250px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | [[File:Benin (orthographic projection with inset).png|center|180px|Benin Location|alt=Location _______.png]] |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Capital''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Capital''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | Porto Novo | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | Porto Novo |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Official Languages(s)''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Official Languages(s)''' |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Government''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Government''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | Presidential Democracy | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | Presidential Democracy |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''President''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''President''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | Boni Yayi | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | Boni Yayi |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Prime Minister''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Prime Minister''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | <br/> | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | <br/> |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Total Area ''''''<span style="line-height: 21px">( </span>km²<span style="line-height: 21px">)</span>''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Total Area ''''''<span style="line-height: 21px">( </span>km²<span style="line-height: 21px">)</span>''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | 112.622 | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | 112.622 |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Population''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Population''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | 8.971.944 | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | 8.971.944 |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''GDP (Nominal)''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''GDP (Nominal)''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | 5.433 Mio US$ | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | 5.433 Mio US$ |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''GDP Per Capita''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''GDP Per Capita''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | 692 US$ | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | 692 US$ |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Currency''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Currency''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | CFA | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | CFA |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Time Zone''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Time Zone''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | <font size="2" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" color="#454545"><span style="line-height: 19px">UTC +1</span></font> | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | <font size="2" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" color="#454545"><span style="line-height: 19px">UTC +1</span></font> |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Electricity Generation''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Electricity Generation''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | <span data-scayt_word="twh" data-scaytid="5">TWh</span>/year (year) | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | <span data-scayt_word="twh" data-scaytid="5">TWh</span>/year (year) |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Calling Code''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Calling Code''' |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Wind energy (installed capacity)''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Wind energy (installed capacity)''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | MW (year) | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | MW (year) |
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| − | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Solar Energy (installed capacity)''' | + | | colspan="3" style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | '''Solar Energy (installed capacity)''' |
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | MW (year) | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241)" | MW (year) |
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| | Benin is a least developed country in West Africa with a small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin where a majority of the population llives. Benin covers an area of approximately 110,000 km² (1/3 of the area of Germany), with a population of approximately 8.9 million (World Bank, 2010). Classified as a low-income country, Benin is ranked 134th out of 169 on the 2010 UNDP Human Development Index. About 75 % of the population live on less than $ 2 a day (World Bank, 2006). In 2010, 41 % of Benin’s population was living in urban areas, and the projections of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis predicted that by 2025 approximately 60 % of the population will live in cities, mainly located in the coastal areas. | | Benin is a least developed country in West Africa with a small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin where a majority of the population llives. Benin covers an area of approximately 110,000 km² (1/3 of the area of Germany), with a population of approximately 8.9 million (World Bank, 2010). Classified as a low-income country, Benin is ranked 134th out of 169 on the 2010 UNDP Human Development Index. About 75 % of the population live on less than $ 2 a day (World Bank, 2006). In 2010, 41 % of Benin’s population was living in urban areas, and the projections of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis predicted that by 2025 approximately 60 % of the population will live in cities, mainly located in the coastal areas. |
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| | + | = Energy Situation = |
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| | Benin's total energy consumption in 2009 was 3,475 ktoe (World Bank, 2009). The per capita energy consumption in the same year was 0.404 toe. This is about half of the average per capita energy consumption for Sub-Sahara African countries, and less than a quarter of the world average (World Bank, 2009). | | Benin's total energy consumption in 2009 was 3,475 ktoe (World Bank, 2009). The per capita energy consumption in the same year was 0.404 toe. This is about half of the average per capita energy consumption for Sub-Sahara African countries, and less than a quarter of the world average (World Bank, 2009). |
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| | The country has a huge and untapped renewable energy potential. Although with low levels of domestic capital formation and little internal capacity (engineers, technicians etc.) this potential is not being realised. The absence of hazard or siting maps for equipment installation means that Benin’s existing energy infrastructure remains extremely vulnerable to anticipated climate change impacts. While Benin’s National Adaptation Plan of Action notes the necessity of an emergency response plan to deal with the impacts of metrological extreme events, this plan has yet to be developed. | | The country has a huge and untapped renewable energy potential. Although with low levels of domestic capital formation and little internal capacity (engineers, technicians etc.) this potential is not being realised. The absence of hazard or siting maps for equipment installation means that Benin’s existing energy infrastructure remains extremely vulnerable to anticipated climate change impacts. While Benin’s National Adaptation Plan of Action notes the necessity of an emergency response plan to deal with the impacts of metrological extreme events, this plan has yet to be developed. |
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| + | = Major Challenges in Energy Sector<br/> = |
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| | The energy sector is under constant pressure from different challenges. | | The energy sector is under constant pressure from different challenges. |
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| − | <br/> | + | = <span lang="en-us">Key Problems Hampering Access to Electricity</span><br/> = |
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| − | <br/> | + | <span lang="en-us">Although the Government of Benin clearly defined a strategy for rural electrification, the objective of achieving a rural electrification rate of 40% in 2015 is highly ambitious due to the following reasons:</span> |
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| | + | <span lang="en-us">SBEE is far from being capable of achieving these goals due to insufficient financial capacities: SBEE’s indebtedness is 9 times as high as its turnover and financial losses are increasing continuously, since the supply costs per kWh exceed the retail price; not only but mainly in areas provided by diesel generators.</span> |
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| | + | <span lang="en-us">In addition to the financial bottleneck, one important reason is the ack of knowledge about low-cost alternatives to the business as usual scenario of grid extension. This scenario was designed originally for urban areas based on high technical “EDF” standards that are inappropriate for rural areas.</span> |
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| | + | <span lang="en-us">Furthermore, for political reasons, SBEE focuses on the <u>extension of the grid to previously non-electrified regions</u>, instead of increasing the number of connected households in proximity to the grid.</span> |
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| | + | <span lang="en-us">Although some responsibilities for rural electrification have been shifted to ABERME, the agency proved to be incapable of driving the electrification process. <u>Lack of capacity</u> is the main reason, especially the lack of engineering expertise.</span> |
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| − | = <span lang="en-us">Main Actors</span><br/> = | + | = Institutional Set-up in the Energy Sector = |
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| | <span lang="en-us">There are four main governmental actors in the electricity sector:</span> | | <span lang="en-us">There are four main governmental actors in the electricity sector:</span> |
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| | *<span lang="en-us">'''ECOSOLARIS AFRIQUE SARL '''is a canadian enterprise specialised dans l’énergie solaire présente au Bénin depuis Février 2013. Elle est une succursale des Entreprises Ecosolaris inc, leader canadien de l’énergie solaire, distributeur depuis plusieurs années des produits de qualité Nord-Américains, Européens, Australiens et Asiatiques qui a su développer une expertise sur le terrain dans les installations hors réseau pour les systèmes à la fois photovoltaïque et thermique. Ecosolaris Afrique vend des produits de '''Barefoot Power LTD '''et '''Flexyway solar.'''</span> | | *<span lang="en-us">'''ECOSOLARIS AFRIQUE SARL '''is a canadian enterprise specialised dans l’énergie solaire présente au Bénin depuis Février 2013. Elle est une succursale des Entreprises Ecosolaris inc, leader canadien de l’énergie solaire, distributeur depuis plusieurs années des produits de qualité Nord-Américains, Européens, Australiens et Asiatiques qui a su développer une expertise sur le terrain dans les installations hors réseau pour les systèmes à la fois photovoltaïque et thermique. Ecosolaris Afrique vend des produits de '''Barefoot Power LTD '''et '''Flexyway solar.'''</span> |
| | *<span lang="en-us"><span lang="fr">'''BONERGIE BENIN SARL '''was founded in 2012 with support of the German social company BONERGIE. Bonergie is selling Sun Tranfer products (see also [http://www.bonergie.com/english/produkte.html http://www.bonergie.com/english/produkte.html]).</span></span> | | *<span lang="en-us"><span lang="fr">'''BONERGIE BENIN SARL '''was founded in 2012 with support of the German social company BONERGIE. Bonergie is selling Sun Tranfer products (see also [http://www.bonergie.com/english/produkte.html http://www.bonergie.com/english/produkte.html]).</span></span> |
| − | *<span lang="en-us"><span lang="fr">'''Objectifs SARL '''which is selling Sun King products of the US company greenlight planet</span></span><br/> | + | *<span lang="en-us"><span lang="fr">'''Objectifs SARL '''which is selling Sun King products of the US company greenlight planet</span></span> |
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| | <span lang="en-us">In order to tackle the challenges in the energy sector the government of Benin has formulated the Policy and Strategy Document for the Development of the Electricity Sector that provides the long term vision and the strategy of the country by 2025.</span> | | <span lang="en-us">In order to tackle the challenges in the energy sector the government of Benin has formulated the Policy and Strategy Document for the Development of the Electricity Sector that provides the long term vision and the strategy of the country by 2025.</span> |
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| | *<span lang="en-us">ensuring reliable electricity supply to support economic activities and achieve the national energy security and an efficient energy delivery system with an optimal energy resource mix;</span> | | *<span lang="en-us">ensuring reliable electricity supply to support economic activities and achieve the national energy security and an efficient energy delivery system with an optimal energy resource mix;</span> |
| | *<span lang="en-us">increasing energy access to population through new power generation plants, regional interconnection and rural electrification;</span> | | *<span lang="en-us">increasing energy access to population through new power generation plants, regional interconnection and rural electrification;</span> |
| − | *<span lang="en-us">promoting private investments in the power sector by creating the enabling market environment for private sector participation<</span> | + | *<span lang="en-us">promoting private investments in the power sector by creating the enabling market environment for private sector participation</span> |
| | *<span lang="en-us">promoting energy efficiency in all sector.</span> | | *<span lang="en-us">promoting energy efficiency in all sector.</span> |
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| | <span lang="en-us">Regarding rural electrification, it aims at providing 150 villages p.a. with access to electricity in order to achieve a rural electrification rate of 30–40 % by 2015. Furthermore, promoting the dissemination of improved stoves and other renewable domestic energy sources are additional objectives of the strategy to tackle the energy challenges in rural areas.</span> | | <span lang="en-us">Regarding rural electrification, it aims at providing 150 villages p.a. with access to electricity in order to achieve a rural electrification rate of 30–40 % by 2015. Furthermore, promoting the dissemination of improved stoves and other renewable domestic energy sources are additional objectives of the strategy to tackle the energy challenges in rural areas.</span> |
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| − | <span lang="en-us">In the run of the <u>energy sector reform, which gained considerable momentum in recent months (mainly due to growing World Bank interest in the sector), the establishment of a <u>Rural Electrification Fund is being discussed. It shall incorporate a concession model with minimum subsidy bidding. The Fund is intended to bundle investments of donor agencies designated to rural electrification. Rural regions covered by the SBEE grid will also be concessioned(15 concessions in total). However, basic features of this instrument are yet unclear such as regulation, payment authorisation and tariffing. Experiences in Senegal and Mali, furthermore, expose a very limited interest of private enterprises to compete for such funds. Concerning the national and even regional private sector, the mobilisation of financial resources is less an impediment than lacking capacities to implement privately run electricity concessions in Benin.</span> | + | <span lang="en-us">In the run of the energy sector reform, which gained considerable momentum in recent months (mainly due to growing World Bank interest in the sector), the establishment of a Rural Electrification Fund is being discussed. It shall incorporate a concession model with minimum subsidy bidding. The Fund is intended to bundle investments of donor agencies designated to rural electrification. Rural regions covered by the SBEE grid will also be concessioned(15 concessions in total). However, basic features of this instrument are yet unclear such as regulation, payment authorisation and tariffing. Experiences in Senegal and Mali, furthermore, expose a very limited interest of private enterprises to compete for such funds. Concerning the national and even regional private sector, the mobilisation of financial resources is less an impediment than lacking capacities to implement privately run electricity concessions in Benin.</span> |
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| | <span lang="en-us">The reform process goes along with a shift in responsibilities for rural electrification from SBEE to ABERME. It is, furthermore, planned to split up SBEE into an asset management and a distribution management company<u>.</u></span> | | <span lang="en-us">The reform process goes along with a shift in responsibilities for rural electrification from SBEE to ABERME. It is, furthermore, planned to split up SBEE into an asset management and a distribution management company<u>.</u></span> |
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| | On behalf of six donors, the Energising Development Program (EnDev) executed by GIZ is supporting grid extension, grid densification, picoPV system and dissemination of improved stoves | | On behalf of six donors, the Energising Development Program (EnDev) executed by GIZ is supporting grid extension, grid densification, picoPV system and dissemination of improved stoves |
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| − | The European Union is supporting the « Centre d'Information et de Contrôle (CIC) » of the West African Power Pool.<br/> | + | The European Union is supporting the « Centre d'Information et de Contrôle (CIC) » of the West African Power Pool. |
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| − | <span lang="en-us">Although the Government of Benin clearly defined a strategy for rural electrification, the objective of achieving a rural electrification rate of 40% in 2015 is highly ambitious due to the following reasons:</span>
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| − | <span lang="en-us">SBEE is far from being capable of achieving these goals due to <u>insufficient financial capacities: SBEE’s indebtedness is 9 times as high as its turnover and financial losses are increasing continuously, since the supply costs per kWh exceed the retail price; not only but mainly in areas provided by diesel generators.</span>
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| − | <span lang="en-us">In addition to the financial bottleneck, one important reason is the <u>lack of knowledge about low-cost alternatives to the business as usual scenario of grid extension. This scenario was designed originally for urban areas based on high technical “EDF” standards that are inappropriate for rural areas.</span>
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| − | <span lang="en-us">Furthermore, for political reasons, SBEE focuses on the <u>extension of the grid to previously non-electrified regions</u>, instead of increasing the number of connected households in proximity to the grid.</span>
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| − | <span lang="en-us"><span lang="en-us">Although some responsibilities for rural electrification have been shifted to ABERME, the agency proved to be incapable of driving the electrification process. <u>Lack of capacity</u> is the main reason, especially the lack of engineering expertise. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span></span>
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| | = <span lang="en-us">Further Information</span> = | | = <span lang="en-us">Further Information</span> = |
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| − | *[[Benin_Country_Situation_Stoves|Benin Country Situation Stoves]] | + | *[[Benin Country Situation Stoves|Benin Country Situation Stoves]] |
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Benin is a least developed country in West Africa with a small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin where a majority of the population llives. Benin covers an area of approximately 110,000 km² (1/3 of the area of Germany), with a population of approximately 8.9 million (World Bank, 2010). Classified as a low-income country, Benin is ranked 134th out of 169 on the 2010 UNDP Human Development Index. About 75 % of the population live on less than $ 2 a day (World Bank, 2006). In 2010, 41 % of Benin’s population was living in urban areas, and the projections of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis predicted that by 2025 approximately 60 % of the population will live in cities, mainly located in the coastal areas.
Benin's total energy consumption in 2009 was 3,475 ktoe (World Bank, 2009). The per capita energy consumption in the same year was 0.404 toe. This is about half of the average per capita energy consumption for Sub-Sahara African countries, and less than a quarter of the world average (World Bank, 2009).
Like for most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Benin's energy sector is largely dominated by the use of biomass-based energy sources (59.4%) (Tableau de Bord de l'Energie au Bénin, 2005), followed by petroleum products (38.4%) and, to a lesser degree, electricity (2.2%).
The country solely depends on imports to satisfy its petroleum product demand, while 85% of its electricity consumption is answered by imports from Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria. Households account for 48% of the country’s total electricity consumption followed by the institutional sector and the industrial sector, which account for 32% and 24% respectively. Although in the five past years the final total energy consumption has perceptibly increased, the structure of final energy consumption has not changed. In 2010 the national electrification rate was at 27% with 4% in rural areas and about 54% in urban areas. The length of domestic tranmission and distribution lines is 5620 km and the length of transnational lines is 618 km.
The country is 100% dependent on petroleum imports, making it vulnerable to dollar exchange rates and fluctuations in oil prices. Moreover, fluctuations in fossil fuel prices compromise Benin’s domestic capacity to develop its energy services.
While Benin has a large hydroelectricity potential only one major hydroelectric site currently functions. Development of over 80 pre-identified sites using micro-hydro applications would help Benin increase its energy resilience.
The country has a huge and untapped renewable energy potential. Although with low levels of domestic capital formation and little internal capacity (engineers, technicians etc.) this potential is not being realised. The absence of hazard or siting maps for equipment installation means that Benin’s existing energy infrastructure remains extremely vulnerable to anticipated climate change impacts. While Benin’s National Adaptation Plan of Action notes the necessity of an emergency response plan to deal with the impacts of metrological extreme events, this plan has yet to be developed.
The French Agency for Development (AFD) is preparing a project to support the restructuration and extension of the grid in the region Abomey-Calavi and the Atlantic Department. The project is cofounded by the EU and the European Investment Bank.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) finances a project to restructure and reinforce power generation and electricity distribution of the utility SBEE in Cotonou, Porto Novo, Parakou, Bohicon, and Lokossa
BMZ finances activities of GIZ to strengthen the capacity of the West African Power Pool. In addition BMZ provides funds for KfW to rehabilitate the hydropower plant in Nangbeto. KfW is also financing the transmission line between Sakété and Porto Novo.
On behalf of six donors, the Energising Development Program (EnDev) executed by GIZ is supporting grid extension, grid densification, picoPV system and dissemination of improved stoves
The European Union is supporting the « Centre d'Information et de Contrôle (CIC) » of the West African Power Pool.
