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- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Interconnector
Benin – Niger interconnection (planned)
5th-largest interconnector in Benin of 7 · top 72% worldwide (#504 of 704)
- Status
- proposed
- Capacity
- 450 MW
- Length
- 796 km
- Voltage
- 330 kV
- Connects to
- Niger
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Benin · 7 ranked
- #1Benin – Ghana interconnection (planned)650 MW
- #3Benin – Ghana interconnection450 MW
- #4Benin – Burkina Faso interconnection (planned)450 MW
- #5Benin – Niger interconnection (planned)450 MW
- #6Benin – Togo interconnection345 MW
- #7Benin – Nigeria interconnection210 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Burkina Faso – Niger interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 450 MW
- Gorou Banda power plant9.3 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · oil
- Gourou Banda Substation9.9 km · Substation / Converter
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SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)