Feasibility study for the second electrical interconnection project Ivory Coast – Burkina-Faso

The basic design of this feasibility study includes the construction of a second high voltage interconnection (330kV) from Ferkessédougou to Bobo Dioulasso (204 km) and from Bobo Dioulasso to Ouagadougou (336 km). Extension and/or construction of substations; electrification of communities and villages along the line and around the substations; installation of compensation and synchronization equipment as well as flow control equipment, if necessary; and reinforcement of the CI-ENERGIES (Côte d’Ivoire) and SONABEL (Burkina Faso) networks, if necessary.

Services delivered

• Project Management
• Data collection and analysis
• Regional Generation analysis to assess the benefit of the interconnector with a with and without comparison for the year 2028, 2033 and 2038
• Regional Network studies for the years 2028 and 2033: static and dynamic analysis: selection of the sending substation (Ferkessédougou vs Kong) in Cote d’Ivoire, network reinforcement, line reactive compensation, N and N-1 analysis, energisation studies, short-circuit current calculation, stability analysis
• Conceptual engineering of the line (603 km line route) and associated substations of Ferké (several configurations studied), Pala and Ouaga Est, including telecommunications and SCADA systems
• Preliminary cost estimate, work breakdown and implementation schedule
• Definition of the institutional framework for the implementation of the line management project
• Economic and financial analysis
• Risk analysis
• Impact study of the project on the regional market
• Study of the project’s tariff impact