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Browsing: West Africa Power Pool (WAPP)
West Africa region received $465 million in funding from the World Bank for regional electricity access which will see countries in the region expand electricity to over a million people.
The World group approved the funds to the new Regional Electricity Access and Battery-Energy Storage Technologies (BEST) Project which will increase grid connections to fragile areas, strengthen WAPP’s network operation with battery energy storage technologies infrastructure and build the capacity of the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA).
Through the project, countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will enhance power system stability for 3.5 million people and increase renewable energy integration in the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP).
The project will pave way for increased renewable energy generation, investment and transmission across the West Africa region.
“West Africa is on the cusp of a regional power market that promises significant development benefits and potential for private …