Senegal

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GET.invest Market Insight package: Renewable Energy Applications in Agricultural Value-Chains in Senegal FULL PACKAGE

Consisting of a developer guide, three case studies, and two model business cases. Zip file (6 MB). Download of single documents available on this page.

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GET.invest Market Insights: Renewable Energy Applications in Agricultural Value-Chains in Senegal

Case Study: Solar Powered Irrigation — Micro-Scale Water Pumping for Onion Farming (0.6 MB)

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GET.invest Market Insights: Renewable Energy Applications in Agricultural Value-Chains in Senegal

Case Study: Solar Powered Irrigation — Large-Scale Water Pumping at a Melon Farm (0.4 MB)

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GET.invest Market Insights: Renewable Energy Applications in Agricultural Value-Chains in Senegal

Model Business Case: Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping for Large-Scale Irrigation Scheme with High Water Demand (0.6 MB)

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GET.invest Market Insights: Renewable Energy Applications in Agricultural Value-Chains in Senegal

Developer Guide (4 MB)

GETinvest-Market-Insights_SEN_PV_Guide_2019.pdf

GET.invest Market Insights: Renewable Energy Applications in Agricultural Value-Chains in Senegal

Case Study: Solar Powered Irrigation — Small-Scale Water Pumping at a Group Irrigation Scheme (0.5 MB)

GETinvest-Market-Insights_SEN_PV_CS-Small-scale_2019.pdf

GET.invest Market Insights: Renewable Energy Applications in Agricultural Value-Chains in Senegal

Model Business Case: Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping for Small-Scale Irrigation Scheme with Low Water Demand (0.7 MB)

GETinvest-Market-Insights_SEN_PV_MBC-Small-scale_2019.pdf

Éclairages Marché GET.invest: Applications des énergies renouvelables aux chaînes de valeur agricoles au Sénégal PAQUET COMPLET

1x Guide du développeur, 3x études de cas et 2x modèles d’analyse de rentabilité. Format .zip (9 MB)

Éclairages-Marché-GET.invest_Sénégal.zip

Selected Reports and Research

Climatescope 2016 Report on Senegal

Read on global-climatescope.org

World Bank Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy: Senegal

Read on rise.worldbank.org

African Economic Outlook: Senegal

Read on www.africaneconomicoutlook.org

IRENA Senegal Renewable Readiness Assessment

Read on www.irena.org

IEA/IRENA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database

Read on www.iea.org

Renewable Energy Policies of ECOWAS countries (in French)

Read on www.ecreee.org

Renewable Energy in West Africa: Status, Experiences and Trends (ECREEE)

Read on www.ecreee.org

Institutions and Stakeholders

Ministry of Energy and Renewable Energy Development

Read on www.gouv.sn

National Electricity Utility

Read on www.senelec.sn

Electricity Regulatory Board (CRSE)

Read on www.crse.sn

National Rural Electrification Agency

Read on www.aser.sn

Peracod cooperation programme

Read on www.peracod.sn

Key figures

Available statistics:
Capital
Dakar
Official language
French
Population (2018 est.)
15,854,360
Population growth (2018 est.), %
2.78
Median age (2018 est.), years
18.5
Urbanization rate (2015 - 2018), % p.a.
3.74
Urban population (2018), % of total
47.19
Rural population (2018), % of total
52.81
Population density (2018), per km2
82.35
HDI (2018)
165 of 188
National Currency
West African CFA franc (XOF/CFA)
Exchange rate (July 2019), USD
1 USD = 600 XOF
GDP (2018), USD million current
24,130
GDP growth (2018), %
6.77
GDP annual growth rate forecast (2020), %
7.10
GNI per capita (2018), PPP current int’l USD
3,670
Inflation (2019), % y-o-y
2.10
Inflation Rate Forecast (2020), %
3.0
Foreign Direct Investment, net inflows (2017), BOP current USD millions
586.839
Net official development assistance (2017), current USD millions
9,098
Budget deficit (2017), % of GDP
3.71
Ease of Doing Business (2018), rank of 190
141
TI Corruption Index (2018), rank of 180
67
Installed Generation Capacity (2017), MW
977
Installed Fossil Fuel Capacity (2016), % of total installed capacity
82
Hydro Capacity (2017), % of total installed capacity
11
Other RE Capacity (2017), % of total installed capacity
7
Renewable electricity output as % of total electricity output excl. hydro (2017)
<1
Avg. distribution and transmission losses as % of output (2016)
14
Net electricity imports (2017), kWh
0
Electrification rate, total (2017) %
61.7
Electrification rate, urban (2017) %
91.7
Electrification rate, rural (2017) %
35.4
Peak demand (2015), MW
430
Per capita electricity consumption (2016), kWh
250