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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 – Nigeria interconnection
7th-largest interconnector in Benin of 7 · top 87% worldwide (#612 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 210 MW
- Length
- 70 km
- Voltage
- 330 kV
- Connects to
- Nigeria
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Benin · 7 ranked
- #1Benin – Ghana interconnection (planned)650 MW
- #5Benin – Niger interconnection (planned)450 MW
- #6Benin – Togo interconnection345 MW
- #7Benin – Nigeria interconnection210 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Niger – Nigeria interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 80 MW
- Niger – Nigeria interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 450 MW
- Benin – Nigeria interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 650 MW
- Lagos857 m · Data Centre
- Golar Lagos FSRU1.3 km · LNG Terminal · 5.7 Mtpa
- Lafarge power station6.6 km · Power Plant · 220 MW · gas
- MBH power station10 km · Power Plant · 300 MW · gas
- Bresson power station12 km · Power Plant · 450 MW · gas
- Ogo Oil and Gas Field (Nigeria)13 km · Oil & Gas Field
- Ajah Substation21 km · Substation / Converter
- Ikeja West Substation22 km · Substation / Converter
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SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)