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The Multinational – Desert to Power Initiative – 225 kV Mauritania-Mali Power Interconnection and Related Solar Power Plants Development Project (PIEMM) is adopted by the Republic of Mali and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in the context where the electricity sub-sectors in both countries faces significant challenges, including (i) a low electricity access rate; (ii) an electricity supply-demand gap; and (iii) a marked predominance of fossil fuel-based power generation in the energy mix. PIEMM will comprise three components: (A) Construction of Electrical Infrastructure; (B) Institutional Support; and (C) Project Management. It will be implemented over seven (7) years, from January 2024 to December 2030.
Project Objectives
The main objective of The Multinational – Desert to Power Initiative – 225 kV Mauritania-Mali Power Interconnection and Related Solar Power Plants Development Project (PIEMM) is to stimulate the increase of solar power generation capacity and universal access to electricity in Mauritania and Mali through the development of electrical power grids.
Beneficiaries
The project will benefit about 2.2 million people in Mauritania, 52% of them women and help to connect 80 000 new households in 150 agro-pastoral localities. The project will be implemented in Kayes Region in Mali and will benefit about 500 000 people, including 20 000 households in the 50 localities that will be connected to the network. In addition to the above-mentioned beneficiaries, the project will directly benefit the two countries’ governments (which will collect taxes from project activities) and the two national power utility companies which will improve their performance, as well as 60 professional entities (schools, training centres, health centres, handicraft workshops, women’s professional groups, etc.) in the localities covered by the project. |
