Technical assistance
Rural electrification. N/A  N/A

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Technical assistance to the Ouahigouya region electrification project

Country : Burkina Faso. .
Client : SONABEL .
Start Date : 2000
Completion Date : 2001
Value of services : 215 000 €
Funder : DANIDA (Danish International Development Agency) .
Associate/Partner : N/A
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Description :
The rural electrification master plan of Ouahigouya to which IED contributed provides a planning perspective for six provinces of Provinces of Burkina Faso by 2020.

The first investment consists in a thermal unit north of Ouahigouya city, with a regional grid feeding Gourcy, Tougan, Titao, and a number of dense rural secondary town clusters. Globally, 20 villages are concerned and periurban Ouahigouya city.
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Description of the Actual Services Provided The consortium IED, COWI and HYDRO QUEBEC Int are technical assistants to project execution and IED is more specifically in charge of:
* Analysis of viable demand in order to appropriately size the supply systems;
* Definition of the tariff structure ;
* Definition of the contractual framework and the responsibilities of parties involved (SONABLE, Directorate General for energy, end-user associations, village operators, …) ;
* Drafting of contracts ;
* Simplified norms for the distribution network and connections ;
* Supervision of commercial and social extension work.