Installed Renewable Energy Capacity
Key Players
  • Ministry of Oil and Energy
  • Commission de Régulation du Secteur de l’Électricité (CRSE) - Regulatory Commission for the Electricity Sector
  • Agence Nationale pour les Energies Renouvelables (ANER) - National Agency for Renewable Energy
  • Agence Sénégalaise d’Électrification Rurale (ASER) - Rural Electrification Agency
  • SENELEC (Société National d’Électricité du Sénégal)
  • Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Energies Renouvelables (CERER)
  • Plan Senegal Emergent(Pse)
  • Rural electricity fund (Fond d’Électrification Rurale - FER)
  • Renewable Energy Act
  • Strategie Nationale De Developpement Des Energies Renouvelables Au Senegal 2016-2020
  • National Action Plan for Renewable Energy
  • Senegal-Solar Irradiation and PV Power Potential Maps
  • USAID Senegal Power Africa Fact Sheet
  • IRENA RE Resource data
  • Parliamentary Action on Renewable Energy
  • Policy Catalogue for Green Mini-Grids in Africa
  • Renewables Readiness Assessment 2012
  • Scaling Solar
  • Strategie Nationale De Developpement Des Energies Renouvelables Au Senegal 2016-2020
  • Mini-Grid Policy Toolkit-Case Study
  • Costs And Benefits Of Solar Irrigation Systems In Senegal
  • Case Study First Three Solar Pv Independent Power Producers In Senegal
  • Village Electrification In Africa Using PV Mini-Grids: A Case Study From Senegal
  • Construction Of The Bokhol Solar Photovoltaic Plant In Senegal
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Key Economic Indicators
  • GDP (current)
    USD 21.07 Billion
    in 2017
  • GDP growth rate (current)
    7.15%
    in 2017
  • WB Ease of doing business rank
    141
    in 2018
  • Foreign direct investment
    USD 532.28 Million
    in 2017
  • Lending interest rate to private sector
    5.14%
    in 2017
  • Domestic Credit to Private Sector
    29.49%
    in 2017
Key Energy Indicators
  • Electric power consumption per capita
    223.5 kWh
    in 2014
  • Share of electricity from RE in grid
    10.42%
    in 2015
Sovereign Credit Rating
  • Standard & Poor's
    B+ 
  • Moody's
    Ba3
  • Fitch
    NA
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