Feasibility study of an interconnection of electrical energy transmission networks: Case study of 4 countries in Central Africa and Nigeria

Abstract

With the current trend and progress in science, the production of electrical energy can be done in one country and consumed in another. Central Africa is experiencing a paradoxical situation characterized, among other things, by low hydroelectric production, an electrification rate of 13% compared to 90% in North Africa and a very low level of interconnection of its electricity networks. Thus, the interconnection of the networks of the countries of Central Africa and Nigeria will aim not only to facilitate the energy integration of the sub-region but also to reduce the inconvenience caused to the populations of the sub-region. This study focuses on the feasibility of an interconnection between 4 countries in Central Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DRC) and Nigeria by proposing a multi-terminal high voltage direct current transmission system that we simulated under MATLAB/Simulink software.