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- Transmission Line80,968
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- Oil & Gas Field7,055
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- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
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- LNG Terminal1,198
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Interconnector
Mauritania – Senegal interconnection
594th-largest interconnector worldwide · top 85% worldwide (#594 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 250 MW
- Length
- 414 km
- Voltage
- 225 kV
- Connects to
- Senegal
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · worldwide · 704 ranked
- #1India - North – India - West interconnection36.7 GW
- #592United States (US-CAR-DUK) – United States (US-TEN-TVA) interconnection256 MW
- #593United States (US-NW-IPCO) – United States (US-NW-NEVP) interconnection254 MW
- #594Mauritania – Senegal interconnection250 MW
- #595Botswana – Zambia interconnection250 MW
- #596Mali – Senegal interconnection250 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Mali – Senegal interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 250 MW
- Guinea – Senegal interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 800 MW
- Gambia – Senegal interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 800 MW
- Karpowership (Senegal) Aysegul Sultan power station1.6 km · Power Plant · 235 MW · gas
- Karmol Dakar FSRU1.6 km · LNG Terminal · 2.5 Mtpa
- Yakaar-Teranga LNG Hub2.2 km · LNG Terminal · 10 Mtpa
- Cap des Biches power station16 km · Power Plant · 366 MW · gas
- Dakar Cement Plant21 km · Cement Plant
On the interactive map
Existing 250 MW transmission line (see appendix A of Power Africa report) commissioned in 2022. No additional projects between MRT and SEN identified as of yet.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)