Tamsir Ndiaye - Hydropower Development in the Senegal River Basin

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Tamsir NDIAYE,

Director of Environment and Sustainable Development

of the Senegal River Basin Organization

Session 22: Managing Risk in Clean Energy Projects

OMVS: Hydropower Developmentin the Senegal River Basin

ASIA CLEANENERGY FORUM 2012 MANILA, PHILIPPINES (4 8 June 2012)

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Web site: www.omvs.org
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The OMVS and the Senegal River Basin

Located in the western part of Africa

With a surface area of some

300,000 Km, the River flows across

four countries: Guinea, Mali,

Mauritania and Senegal

Drained by a river, 1,800 kms long

Organization for Development of

Senegal River Basin (OMVS) is,

under a number of aspects,

considered as an example ofsuccess story

OMVS is built around a

transboundary basin, the Senegal

River which is listed among the 17

river basins in West Africa


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Legal and Institutional Foundations of Senegal River

March 11, 1972: foundation of OMVS.

The OMVS legal and institutional framework is based on 6 internationalconventions:

March 11, 1972: Status of the Senegal river;

Mars 11,1972: Establishment of OMVS + its operating system and institutionalframework;

December 21, 1978: Status of Jointly Owned Structures;

May 12, 1982: Definition of the financing modalities for JOS;

March 28, 2002: Charter of Waters;

March 13, 2006: International code of navigation and transport + Treaty ofGuineas accession to the OMVS.


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Overview Map of the Senegal RiverBasin


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Importance of Basin CooperationThe OMVS operates to organize relationships within our

community of interests and rights Dissemination and sharing of information on water

resources: this is the key for shared or joint concertedand transparent governance;

We have today a concrete jointly owned patrimony orheritage that consists of a structuring regionalinfrastructure that is managed in a concerted andequitable way thanks to a decision making tool, namely the Cost and Charges Allocation Key

We have also established organs for consensualdecisions and arbitrations as well as Advisory andRegulation structures.

The Islamic Development Bank helps financing OMVS

projects and programs which I'll talk later.


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OMVS Regional Infrastructure(common works) :


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5 generators of 40 MW each;

Installed capacity of 200 MW;

Producible capacity of 800 GWh / yr,

guaranteed for 9 years out of 10;

1,700 km, 225-kV transmission line

connecting Senegal, Mali and

Mauritania

Allocation of the energy generated:

Mali: 52%; Senegal: 33%; Mauritania: 15%

Manantali Hydro Power Plant and3-Country Interconnection Network


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Conclusions and lessons learned Why the OMVS MCs had chosen to invest in the

promotion and development of hydro-power energy?

Because

Cost effective and clean hydro based generation that replaces

high cost and pollutant thermal generation (more than 80%) Low risk of accidents at operating facilities

Access to low-cost energy allows to boost other sectors of

production and contributes to poverty reduction of the population

(improvement of livelihoods) A multi-purpose structure, which optimizes investments (for

instance the creation of 2 reservoirs to make water available to

the turbines - one reservoir is also used for agriculture, fisheries,

potable water, navigation, etc.) purposes.


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Conclusions and lessons learned (contd 1):Main Constraints

Difficulty in mobilizing subsequent funds (the requiredamounts are usually higher compared to the weak economies of developing

countries);

Difficulty in identifying and assessing all the

environmental and social impacts ;

Difficulty in implementing effective measures to mitigate

negative impacts ;

Different priorities / interests of the participating states

Equitable allocation of benefits among all stakeholders

(upstream & downstream; all sectors of activities, etc.)


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