Existing and planned distribution grid network (11KV-33KV) in the ECOWAS region. The dataset is developed by the ECOWREX team by using the following sources of information: - BENIN: Ministry of Energy (2016) - BURKINA FASO: West African Power Pool (WAPP) GIS database January 2017, SONABEL - CÔTE D'IVOIRE: CI-ENERGIES - GAMBIA: WAPP database (2015) - GHANA: Energy Commission (2015) - GUINEA: Ministry of Energy, Energy Information System Unit (SIE, 2016) - MALI: EnergyInfo platform - https://energydata.info/ (World Bank, 2017) - NIGER: EnergyInfo platform - https://energydata.info/ (World Bank, dataset 2015) - NIGERIA: EnergyInfo platform - https://energydata.info/ (World Bank, dataset 2016), Nigeria Rural Electrification Program (http://rrep-nigeria.integration.org/ ), Facebook model (https://energydata.info/dataset/medium-voltage-distribution-predictive) - SENEGAL: EnergyInfo platform - https://energydata.info/ (World Bank, dataset 2007) - SIERRA LEONE: EnergyInfo platfom - https://energydata.info/ (World Bank, 2017)

The layer provides quantitative information about the inhabitants main points in the different countries for the ECOWAS region

Location of education facilities that could have access to electricity through off-grid solutions by 2023 according to the least-cost analysis conducted in the framework of the off-grid solar market assessment and private sector support facility design, which was done as an activity of the sub-component 1A of the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP).

Density of identified off-grid villages in ROGEP countries by 2030, per country administrative boundary level 1 or 2. The different types of electricity demand in the villages (households, public institutions, SMEs, etc.) could have access to electricity through off-grid solutions by 2030 according to the least-cost analysis conducted in the framework of the off-grid solar market assessment and private sector support facility design, which was done as an activity of the sub-component 1A of the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP).

Density of identified off-grid households in ROGEP countries by 2030, per country administrative boundary level 1. The households could have access to electricity through off-grid solutions by 2030 according to the least-cost analysis conducted in the framework of the off-grid solar market assessment and private sector support facility design, which was done as an activity of the sub-component 1A of the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP).

The resource was developed by CENER (The National Renewable Energy Center, Spain) for ECREEE. High resolution data of 1km x 1km developed using Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) model from hourly meteorological weather files of over 10 years. Dataset is provided in raster format (.geotiff) at a resolution of 1 km. It ranges from 1200 to 2800 KWh/m2/year. Around 87% of the total surface of the ECOWAS region has long term annual DNI values greater than 1800 KWh/m2.

Includes Data for PV plants, Wind plants, Hydro Power plants, Biomass plants, Ocean Wave plants and conventional energy power plants (coal, diesel, gas and heavy fuel plants) categorized accordingly as operational or planned within a wide range operating capacity. The data is compiled by ECREEE from various sources including: Ministries of Energy of ECOWAS member states, National Information of Energy System reports (SIE), official national utilities websites and reports and the West African Power Pool (WAPP) database. HYDRO POWER PLANTS (information reviewed and updated in 2016): Regarding the information on hydro power plants (small, medium and large): First, the capacity class is according to the ECOWAS classification (small < 30MW, medium 30-100 MW, large > 100 MW). Secondly, the dataset was created using the following methodology: 1. Data on existing and planned hydropower facilities in West Africa was collected from various sources. The main databases investigated were: - ECOWREX database before December. 2015 - GranD database version 1.1 of March 2011 - Aquastat database on dams in Africa of July 2013 - List of “Hydropower & Dams in Africa 2014” in the International Journal on Hydropower & Dams 2015 special issue on “Water Storage and Hydropower Development for Africa” - JICA Nigeria Master Plan - SHP News, Spring 2005: “Small Hydropower – An important renewable Energy source for rural electrification in Nigeria”. Information about the small scale HPPs around the Jos Plateau (Nigeria) - Small Hydropower Projects in Nigeria, Yekinni et al., IJRRAS 22(1), 1/2015 - Website Guinea: http://www.sieguinee-dne.org/index.php/cartographie.html - Map of hydroelectric powerplants in Burkina Faso - World Small Hydropower Development Report 213 - Ghana information Main Power Generation Excel table provided by ECREEE - International Water Power & Dam Construction, Yearbook 2012, table “Dams & hydro plants”. - SE4ALL database by Mr. Pascal Habay - Additional sources: Many individual pieces of information were collected from HPP design documents, research reports, reports by governmental authorities and non-governmental organizations, corporate communiques and reports, newspaper articles etc. 2. Existence and location of the facilities were checked with the aid of satellite imagery. When a location was verified, the exact coordinates were taken from the corresponding point on the river network (GIS vector layer derived from Hydrosheds). 3. For all existing HPPs (operational HPPs and HPPs under construction and under refurbishment), existing information was compared and cross-checked and the most plausible values included in the attribute table. At several HPPs different data sources listed different values e.g. for the installed capacity or dam height. For planned, proposed and identified HPPs, the information from ECREEE and SE4ALL databases was adopted without further investigation

Data provides information about novel potential bio-energy crops which can or could be grown and processed in the future in the 15 ECOWAS countries. The project “Regional potential assessment of novel bio energy crops in fifteen ECOWAS countries” was started by the different project partners (ECREEE, UNIDO and QUINVITA) based on the need to make an overall assessment of a series of novel potential bio energy crops which can or could be grown and processed in the future in the 15 ECOWAS countries. This project fits in a broader strategic analysis of alternative energy needs and production, the key mandate of the mainfunding partner in the project, ECREEE. The project partners deliberately excluded conventional “bio energy” crops like sugarcane, oil palm, maize or sunflower as target crops, since they believed a sufficient knowledge base on the growing and processing crops was available globally and in the region. The novel bio energy crops chosen as targets for the study are a selection of crops for which either the agricultural knowledge is still limited and/or the use of the crop as an energy source is relatively new. The project team realizes that the list of selected crops is not an exhaustive list of potential bio energy crops and other novel crops may have a potential in the region. The project will develop a methodology that can be followed in the future for analyzing the potential of other crops and does not want to exclude this analysis in the future. The crops that have been selected for analysis in this project are: False Flax (Camelina sativa), Crambe (Crambe abyssinica), Cassava (Manihot esculenta), Castor bean (Ricinus communis), Cashew (Anacardium occidentale), Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), Jatropha curcas and sweet sorghum (sweet version of Sorghum bicolor).

Location of settlements that could have access to electricity through mini-grids in 2023 according to the least-cost analysis conducted in the framework of the off-grid solar market assessment and private sector support facility design, which was done as an activity of the sub-component 1A of the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP).

Location of settlements that could be connected to national electricity grids in 2030 according to the least-cost analysis conducted in the framework of the off-grid solar market assessment and private sector support facility design, which was done as an activity of the sub-component 1A of the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP).