ôle

pour moderniser et optimiser le réseau électrique, Niger

NIGER

A national control center to upgrade

and optimize the power grid

Niger still mainly relies on Nigeria for its electricity supply and the operation of its power grid. With the rise in national power
generation, the sharp growth in demand, the integration of renewable energies and the increase in interregional power
exchanges under the WAPP (West African Power Pool), Niger needs to operate and control its power grid with more and more
precision. The creation of a national grid control center will make it possible to upgrade, automate, secure and optimize Niger’s
power grid.

CONTEXT
01/01/2019
The national grid control center will remotely supervise and Project start
control the entire high-voltage grid, the power plants of date
NIGELEC and of any other producer integrating the grid, and
Niger
the operation of cross-border exchanges. Through its modern
Location
tools, it will provide a synthetic and overall vision of the state
of the power grid and facilitate its operation to ensure that Energy
customers in Niger have a stable and high-quality electricity sector(s)
supply. It will also assist with making the most appropriate
decisions for its management, with optimum reliability and Loan
security, and automate the management of the grid, while financing tool(s)
improving the profitability of NIGELEC.
27 000 000 EUR
Financing amount

DESCRIPTION 4 years
Duration of funding
The project provides for the construction of a national control
center in Niamey, which will also house the control office of ONGOING
the distribution grid of Niamey (World Bank financing), and the Status
construction of a backup center in Gorou Banda with the main
Republic of Niger
functions of the control center.
Beneficiaries
More specifically, the project comprises:

The SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition)

system / EMS (Energy Management System) of the main
center, the simplified SCADA/EMS system of the backup
center, telecommunication links and equipment and the
automation of certain substations;
Training with three modules (dispatch management,
operation and maintenance of SCADA systems and training of
SCADA system operators);
Support to the contracting authority.

IMPACTS

In addition to contributing to improving the electricity service

in terms of grid stability for some 1.5 million customers, the
project should allow NIGELEC to save 40 GWh of energy a year
by reducing its losses. The project will improve the quality and
reliability of the electricity supply to the population of Niger.