The year 2019 has seen the energy sector achieve further successes and make progress towards achieving the
objectives set for this sector by the Head of State. Indeed, the Government Action Program 2016-2021
has made it a top priority to modernize and strengthen thermal production
production of electrical energy at a competitive cost, development of renewable energies and electrification
restructuring the national operator and its network and controlling electricity consumption.
Return on the major achievements and results of the year 2019 in the sector
1-In the field of electricity production:
The completion of the construction and the inauguration on August 29, 2019 of the 127 MW dual fuel thermal power plant
dual fuel thermal power plant of Maria Gléta 2,
This infrastructure added to the 30 MW of the renovation of the power plants of Porto-Novo, Parakou and Natitingou
This infrastructure, added to the 30 MW of renovation of the Porto-Novo, Parakou and Natitingou power plants, gives us a production capacity of about 160 MW. This has resulted in
end the lease of 180 MW of thermal power plants mobilized since October 2016 to provide
emergency responses to the load shedding phenomenon that the country was experiencing.
In addition to this, there is the project of construction in BOOT mode by independent producers of two more
thermal power plants in Maria Gléta for which negotiations are underway.
The State has also undertaken to ensure the operation of these facilities by guaranteeing their supply
gas supply. Thus, the Total Group, the world's second largest liquefied natural gas company, has been selected after
The Total Group, the world's second largest liquefied natural gas company, was selected after an international tender procedure for the construction of the plant in the framework of a public-private partnership,
of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for an investment of FCFA 51 billion.
Emphasis is also placed on the diversification of energy sources. This is what justifies the construction of
photovoltaic solar power plants. For these projects, the pre-qualification of companies has been carried out
for the 50 MW project on four sites to be built by independent producers and the tender file
for the manufacturer is being launched for the 25 MW project to be built around Onigbolo.
2- In the field of transmission and distribution of electrical energy:
Significant progress thanks to the completion of the 161 kV interconnection line
Parakou-Bembêrêkê-Kandi-Malanville interconnection line, about 305 km long, with associated modern and
digitalized substations,
Implementation of 04 projects of modernization, restructuring, reinforcement, densification and
extension of the electrical networks in various communes of Benin by SBEE, with the support of various
Technical and Financial partners (AFD, EU, WB, ADB, MCA-Benin II, etc.). In total, 124 urban localities
will be connected to the SBEE network, impacting 742,000 inhabitants with a potential 126,681 subscribers
additional subscribers.
3- In the field of rural electrification :
Commissioning of 64 photovoltaic solar micro power plants built in various localities by
the former National Agency for the Development of Renewable Energies (ANADER),

Completion of the construction of electrical networks in 17 rural localities on
funding from the National Budget,
Completion of various rural electrification works financed by the Rural Electrification Fund,
Construction projects of resilient solar photovoltaic mini-power stations and installation of street lamps
photovoltaic street lamps for the benefit of various localities in progress as well as the acquisition of various
electrical equipment for the electrical network. All this with the support of UNDP, Fund for
the Global Environment Facility.
A total of 845 new rural localities are being taken into account by these projects to be electrified and a
1,463,446 inhabitants will be impacted. This will improve the rate of access to electricity by 15.97%.
to electricity.
The HTA and Low Voltage (LV) distribution networks of SBEE have experienced from 2016 to 2019 respectively a
11.6% and 17.8% respectively,
The number of electrified localities increased by 18.91% from 2016 to 2019 compared to the previous year.
period 2012 to 2015,
The average duration of outages, which fell from 75 hours in 2015 to 15 hours in 2018 (divided by 5
in three years),
the average response time for outages went from 10 hours in 2015 to 2.1 hours in 2018 (time
divided by 4 in three years).
The implementation of these actions has increased the national generation capacity from 0 MW to 157 MW. These
These new production means, added to the efforts to improve the quality of the electrical network, have allowed
the country's electrical energy supply and have contributed to a significant improvement in the quality of electricity supply.
performance of the SBEE.