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North African Power Pool

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North African Power Pool
Comité Maghrébin de l'Electricité (COMELEC)
Maghreb Electricity Committee
Electricity Grid Interconnection Organization overview
TypeElectric Energy Grid Interconnection Agency
JurisdictionFive North African Countries
Electricity Grid Interconnection Organization executive

The Comité Maghrébin de l'Electricité (COMELEC), also Maghreb Electricity Committee and North African Power Pool, is an association of five North African countries belonging to the Arab Maghreb Union (Union du Maghreb Arabe). The major aim of the association is to interconnect the electricity grids of the member countries in order to facilitate the trading of electric power between the members. North African Power Pool is one of the five regional power pools in Africa.[1]

Overview

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Member countries are Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia.[1] One of the projects in the 2,700-kilometre (1,678 mi) high voltage power line from Morocco to Egypt through Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. There are several other ongoing programs.[2]

Members

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The member countries and their respective electricity utility companies are listed in the table below.

Country Electric utility
Algeria Société nationale de l'électricité et du gaz (Sonelgaz)
Libya General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL)
Morocco Office national d'électricité (ONE)
Mauritania Société Mauritanienne d'Electricité (SOMELEC)
Tunisia Société tunisienne de l'électricité et du gaz (STEG)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b GICA (2018). "Connectivity Initiatives Around The World: Comite Maghrebin De L'Electricite (COMELEC)". Singapore: Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance (GICA). Retrieved 3 April 2019.[dead link]
  2. ^ PIDA (2019). "North Africa Power Transmission Corridor". Addis Ababa: Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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