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Publication date: January 2024
Author: IEA
Description: This Energy Policy Review was prepared in collaboration between the government of Senegal and the IEA, whose strong partnership achieved an important milestone in 2023 when Senegal joined the IEA family as an Association country. It draws on the IEA’s extensive knowledge and the inputs of expert peers from IEA member countries and partners to assess Senegal’s most pressing energy sector challenges and provide recommendations on how to address them, backed by international best practices. The report also highlights areas where Senegal’s leadership can serve as an example, such as in promoting universal access to modern energy. It also encourages the exchange of best practices among countries to foster learning, build consensus and strengthen political will for a sustainable and affordable clean energy future.
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Publication date: July 2022
Author: Université Paris-Est Marne la Vallée
Description: Decentralized solar systems, that is to say systems not connected to the main electricity grid, have bourgeoned since the 1990s in the Global South. It is in Africa, the least electrified continent, that these infrastructures are increasing most rapidly, with solutions such as solar home systems (SHS) or solar mini-grids for rural populations (ESMAP, 2019).
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Publication date: 2017, December
Author: ANER
Description: Outlook for large scale solar and captive power in Senegalese market.
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Publication date: March 2021
Author: Tetra Tech International Development
Description: The off-grid solar sector in Senegal has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. On the supply side, GOGLA sales data shows there was a 32 per cent decline in sales in the first half of 2020, with cash sales being the most affected. On the positive side, there is increasing interest in the productive use sector, especially solar irrigation pumps, and demand is expected to rise.
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Publication date: 2017, August
Author: rvo
Description: For over 60 years Senegal has attracted the interest of oil and gas companies, yet Senegal’s expectations of progressing petroleum production levels appeared slim at best. This picture changed dramatically when Cairn Energy announced two concurrent exploration successes in 2014, and even more so when Kosmos Energy announced two further gas discoveries in 2016.
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Publication date: 2016, September
Author: Power Africa
Description: The Government of Senegal has made power sector development a key component of its Plan Sénégal Emergent, which aims to make Senegal an emerging economy by 2035. The country’s ability to achieve this ambitious goal depends in large part on tackling key challenges including moving away from dependence on imported fossil fuels, ensuring affordability, and expanding electricity access – particularly in rural areas.
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Publication date: 2016, August
Author: RECP
Description: The mission witnessed considerable private sector interest in PV, both MW-scale and off-grid equipment/ applications. The private sector is being present and very active doing prospective works in the last years. To lobby for improving the enabling environment for renewable energy in Senegal, the private sector has come together under the Council of Professionals of Renewable Energies in Senegal (COPERES).
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Publication date: 2016, July
Author: WB
Description: Senegal Electricity Sector Support Project.
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Publication date: 2016, June
Author: SENELEC
Description: SENELEC Experience in IPPs.
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Publication date: 2016
Author: UNIDO
Description: Senegal recorded an electrification rate of 56.5 per cent in 2012, with 87.8 per cent of the urban population and 26.6 per cent of the rural population having access to electricity. The total electricity installed capacity as of 2010 is around 690 MW, of which only 520 is actually available due to aging equipment.
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Publication date: 2014, October
Author: GLOBE
Description: A Review of Climate Change Legislation in Senegal.
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Publication date: 2013, September
Author: WB
Description: This report includes a Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) of two projects funded by the Bank Group in Senegal: (i) the Electricity Sector Efficiency Enhancement Project approved in April 2005 and closed in December 2010; and (ii) the Energy Sector Recovery Development Policy Credit (DPC), approved in June 2008 and closed in December 2010.
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Publication date: 2013, July
Author: Ministry of Energy & Mines
Description: Senegal has developed a new letter of policy development in the energy sector. (LPDSE), which provides guidelines of the Government in the energy sector over the period 2005-2012.
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Publication date: 2013, June
Author: Ministry of Energy & Mines
Description: The Energy & Mining Sectors.
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Publication date: 2009, December
Author: ENDA
Description: This study looked at the socio-economic and energy profiles of Senegal, analyzed the energy security both at the national and household levels. The main findings of this study and key recommendations towards policy makers are summarized as follow:
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Publication date: 2009, June
Author: ASER
Description: The Senegalese Rural Electrification Agency’s experience.
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Publication date: 2006, October
Author: BIDE
Description: In December 1996, the Government of Senegal (GOS) embarked on a privatization focused electricity sector reform with the technical and financial support of the World Bank and other donors. The GOS was eager to transform its ailing electricity sector and expand coverage for both its rural and urban populations. It initiated institutional, legal and regulatory reforms.
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