As part of the supply of electrical energy to a concrete bar manufacturing plant in Sémè,  Benin, IED was asked by the SBEE - Société Béninoise d'Energie Electrique - to monitor and control the work consisting to add a 63 / 15 kV - 20 MVA transformer span at the 63 kV/15 kV substation in Sémè. 

All the work was carried out with quality while respecting the standards and rules of art. One of the major challenges of the project concerned the maintenance and refurbishment of the electrical transformer manufactured in 1986.

IED supervised and controlled the works assiduously during the six months of implementation and assisted the SBEE throughout the commissioning phase of the works until the commissioning of the plant effective since November 22, 2022.

As part of its contract with CEET, Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo, IED and its partner AXELEC in Togo, have been since early August 2022, supervising the implementation of a geographic information system for CEET's electricity infrastructure and customers.

Concretely, this project, financed by the World Bank, is articulated according to the following steps:

• The digitalization of CEET's distribution networks and its subscribers,
• The construction of a dataserver, its controlled environment and its backup infrastructure,
• The delivery of computers and office equipments to the CEET,
• The development of a network and subscriber management application including integration into a Computer System.

In order to ensure the proper execution of this project, IED provided training in October 2022 to Togolese data collectors to enable them to georeferencing in Greater Lomé by collecting infrastructure data and electricity meters.

IED organized the validation workshop of the national program to improve access to electricity in Mali which was held on 3 November 2022 in Bamako.

This workshop is part of the PASEM project of the Republic of Mali, funded to the tune of 150 million dollars by the World Bank, and targets universal access to electricity by 2030 (only half of Malians currently live in electrified localities).

IED and its partner ID Sahel are involved in this project to provide consultancy services to analyze the country's access to electricity, to design an electrification program through the extension of the interconnected grid and the deployment of decentralized supply options (mini-grids, solar kits), and finally to develop an investment prospectus to finance the implementation of this program with the support of national and international partners.

Images of this workshop are available on the ORTM Youtube channel  at the following link (21'45): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj14P-2QZQU

As part of the project of Upgrading and Development of the Electricity Transmission Network and Reform of the Sector for SONATREL-Cameroun (National Electricity Transmission Company), IED carried out a major training program for the executives of this company.  Two two-weeks training sessions were held in Ebolowa and Mbankomo in September and October 2022.

Session 1: PowerFactory – digsilent training with the goal of mastering this reference software in electricity transmission network studies: network modeling, power flow, contingency analysis, stability studies.

Session 2: Training in demand forecasting and production planning using DAP and GAP software. The LV, MV and HV segments were covered for demand forecasting, the session ended with a partial modelling of Cameroon's demand by 2035. For production planning, the Northern Interconnected Network of Cameroon by 2035 served as a basis for the exercises.  The trainees were able to model thermal, solar, hydroelectric, battery storage and interconnections to examine the supply reliability of and the generating electricity cost.

This training cycle will allow SONATREL to strengthen its coverage of the fundamental aspects of electricity sector planning: demand, production, transport.