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Unlike other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the Ivory Coast is a reliable power supplier in the region, exporting electricity to neighbouring countries such as Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, and Mali. Ivory Coast aims to produce enough renewable energy by 2030 to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28%.
Ivory Coast aims to increase its installed power capacity to 3.5 GW by 2025 and 8.6 GW by 2040. As part of this strategy, the country's Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Energy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with renewable energy company Kong Solaire earlier this month to construct a 50 MW solar power plant in the Tchologo region.
Boasting the third-largest electricity system in West Africa – with an installed capacity estimated at 2,907 MW and an electrification rate of 80% – Ivory Coast is well-positioned to leverage its existing electricity system to foster robust commercial opportunities for infrastructure development.
As part of its drive to diversify electricity generation sources and increase the share of renewable energies in its energy mix (45% by 2030), Ivory Coast commissioned RMT to build the country's very first photovoltaic solar power plant, with a capacity of 37.5 MWp, spread over 69,440 550 Wp solar panels and 168 inverter-strings of 250 kVA.
Hoang and Yue et al. 20, 21 studied the importance of combining battery energy storage system with solar photovoltaic system in hydrogen energy production and this integration can improve the economy and efficiency of the system, enabling efficient conversion from solar to hydrogen energy.
Abdulrhman 29 et al. simulated grid-connected PV and PV with cells configurations and found that grid-connected PV systems are more viable at industrial electricity prices, with a levelized energy cost of $0.016/kWh, a net present value of $4233,274, a return on investment of 426.5%, and a payback period of 4.7 years.
However, none of the existing energy storage technology can perfectly satisfy the operational requirements in different scenarios. Therefore, a hybrid energy storage system (HESS) including heterogenous and supplementary energy storage technologies is proposed to effectively enhance the regulated capability and reliability.
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