Senegal bets on solar and wind power

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 04 January 2020 at 19:18:24 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 11 January 2020 at 19:10:23 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 13 January 2020 at 11:34:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, coastal, windpower, renewable energy, green energies, climate change, global warming, sea level rise, infrastructure, solar power, Senegal
Fig. 1 - S2 (13.01.2020) - 4,3,2 natural colour - In 2016, Senergy 2, the largest sun power plant in West Africa opened in Bokhol, Senegal.
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5 km from the Mauritanian border, these 75 000 polycristalline panels covering 12 ha should supply 20 MW to 160 000 Senegalese.
Fig. 2 - S1 (04.01.2020) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - Based around Thies, Taiba NDiaye windfarm is the largest in West Africa.
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Senegal is very vulnerable to the sea level rise that results from the global warming. Under the pressure of NGOs, Senegal officially cancelled its controversial Bargny coal plant.
Fig. 3 - S2 (13.01.2020) - 8,4,3 colour composite - Wind turbines show in green. While vertical, they cast their dark shadows horizontally.
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Powerered by harmattan and Atlantic winds, these 46 117 m high wind turbines should produce 158 MW, 15% of the Senegal capacities & enough for 2 million inhabitants.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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