IED and its Phnom Penh based subsidiary Cambodia Consulting Development Engineers, have partnered with Artelys to develop an energy sector modelling tool and four long-term integrated scenarios for the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Kingdom of Cambodia. 

This association brings together substantial experience in energy and climate policy formation, state-of-the-art energy sector and emissions modelling expertise, and a deep knowledge of the Cambodian energy sector.

Acting as a scientific advisor to the project, IDDRI will support the IED and Artelys teams in ensuring that the project applies the best practice techniques in low-carbon trajectory modelling and policy dialogues developed through the Deep Decarbonization Pathways initiative.

The project, financed by the Agence Française de Développement will be officially launched with a virtual stakeholder meeting in December 2020.

A mission to identify future users of the small hydroelectric power plant in Mbakaou-Carrière, developed by IED, is currently underway in the Tibati region.

Scheduled for summer 2021, the upcoming commissioning of the plant will allow a regular and decarbonized supply of electricity to more than 50,000 inhabitants.

In the villages near the future medium-voltage line, the arrival of electricity is eagerly awaited. In addition to a significant increase of the living conditions in households (lighting, telecommunications), electricity is expected to generate many socio-economic benefits : the creation of small shops and workshops, improved quality of health services, education or waste treatment.

In this lake area, which is highly regarded for its fish, the development of a cold chain should also reduce the productive losses of fishermen, and alleviate as well the pressure on firewood resources which are traditionally used to smoke to preserve fish.

After 18 months of fieldwork, the digitalization phase of NIGELEC's urban distribution networks has been finalised by the IED team and its partner in october 2020.

Operated with the support of NIGELEC and with the help of high-performance mobile equipment, all network equipment in the cities of Niamey, Diffa, Dosso, Tahoua, Agadez, Maradi, Zinder and  Tillaberi  has been geo-referenced and consolidated into a geographic information system (GIS) to facilitate network monitoring and maintenance.

These digitalization operations have enabled the mapping of more than 1200 km of medium voltage lines and 3800 km of low voltage lines with their electrical characteristics as well as 256,000 meters. Through the visualization application developed for this purpose, NIGELEC will have a powerful and comprehensive network monitoring tool that will ultimately simplify network maintenance and reinforcement operations.

The detailed studies of the Bafang small hydroelectric power plant (3.4 MW) project on the Mouankeu River in Cameroon's western region which begun at the end of November 2018 were in the final stages of completion in August 2019. In February 2020, IED presented its study and its main findings to UNIDO, sponsor of the study.

After the pandemic period, it was finally by videoconference that the official validation meeting was held on 27 July 2020, bringing together the main key players of electricity in Cameroon (MINEE, ENEO, ARSEL, AER), the municipality of Bafang as well as the other ministries and institutions. The main findings have been validated and the next step considered at this stage will be the drafting and diffusion for launching a tender offer to call for applications to select a potential investor to develop the site as an Independent Power Producer (IPP).

Injecting energy into the grid will significantly improve the quality of service by significantly reducing voltage drops and ensuring continuity of service. Local businesses and industries, such as the new Neo cocoa plant, will also be beneficiaries.