Feasibility study for the second electricity interconnection project for Côte d'Ivoire/Burkina Faso (
2022
-
2023
)

Energy governance Transport and infrastructure Burkina Faso Côte d'Ivoire
Millennium Challenge Corporation

Conduct of a feasibility study on:
- the construction of a second high-voltage connection from Ferkessédougou or a neighbouring location on the Ivorian network (Kong) to Bobo Dioulasso (204 km) and from Bobo Dioulasso to Ouagadougou (336 km);
- the extension and/or construction of substations;
- electrification of communities and villages along the line and around the substations;
- the installation of compensation and synchronisation equipment and flow control, if required;
- CI-ÉNERGIES (Côte d'Ivoire) and SONABEL (Burkina Faso) network reinforcements, if required.