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Interconnector
Benin – Ghana interconnection (planned)
Largest interconnector in Benin of 7 · top 59% worldwide (#409 of 704)
- Status
- proposed
- Capacity
- 650 MW
- Length
- 350 km
- Voltage
- 330 kV
- Connects to
- Ghana
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Benin · 7 ranked
- #1Benin – Ghana interconnection (planned)650 MW
- #2Benin – Nigeria interconnection (planned)650 MW
- #3Benin – Ghana interconnection450 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Burkina Faso – Ghana interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 100 MW
- Cote DIvoire – Ghana interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 280 MW
- Benin – Ghana interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 450 MW
- National Data Centre497 m · Data Centre
- Norbert Anku solar park4.4 km · Power Plant · 900 MW · solar
- Norbert Anku solar park4.4 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · solar
- MTN Ghana Tetteh Quarshie Switch Center8.7 km · Data Centre
- Dangote Tema Cement Plant22 km · Cement Plant
- Tema Oil Refinery24 km · Refinery · 45 kb/d
- Ghacem Tema Cement Plant25 km · Cement Plant
On the interactive map
Dorsale 330 kV (Ghana, Togo/Benin, Côte d’Ivoire). Planned capacity is in reference to the WAPP Coastal Transmission Backbone. MW is sourced from P47 from IRENA source
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)