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The following page lists all power stations in Niger .
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The following page lists all power stations in Niger .
| Hydroelectric station | Region supplied | Type | Capacity | Year completed | Name of reservoir | River |
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| Kandadji Hydropower Station | Reservoir | 130 MW | 2017 (Expected) | Niger River | ||
| Thermal power station | Region supplied | Fuel type | Capacity | Year completed | Name of Owner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anou Araren Thermal Power Station | Agadez Region | Coal | 2 x 18.8 MW | 1981 | SONICHAR NIGELEC [1] | Operational. Power is supplied to the uranium mining companies in Agadez (Somair and Cominak)as well as the rest of the region of Agadez |
| Niamey I Thermal Power Station [2] | Niamey Urban Community | Diesel fuel | NIGELEC | Operational | ||
| Niamey II (Goudel) Thermal Power Station | Niamey Urban Community | Diesel fuel | NIGELEC | Operational | ||
| Gorou Banda Thermal Power Station [3] | Communities along Niger river | Diesel fuel | 100 MW | 2014 (Expected) | NIGELEC | Under construction |
| Malbaza Thermal Power Station | Malbaza | Diesel fuel | NIGELEC | Operational | ||
| Zinder Thermal Power Station | Zinder Region | Diesel fuel | NIGELEC | Operational | ||
| SORAZ Thermal Power Station [4] | Diesel fuel | 54 MW | 2011 | SORAZ | Operational. Funding secured for construction of high voltage connection lines to the grid in Zinder as of 2014 [5] | |
| Salkadamna Thermal Power Station [6] | Coal | 200 MW | Awaiting funding approval and construction as of 2012 | NIGELEC | Feasibility technical studies are completed. Securing funding with EXIMBANK as 2012 | |
The Niger Armed Forces (FAN) includes military armed force service branches, paramilitary services branches and the National Police. The Niger Army, Niger Air Force and the National Gendarmerie of Niger are under the Ministry of Defense whereas the National Guard of Niger and the National Police fall under the command of the Ministry of Interior. With the exception of the National Police, all military and paramilitary forces are trained in military fashion. The President of Niger is the supreme commander of the entire armed forces.
Diori Hamani International Airport is an airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger. It is located 9 km (5.6 mi) from Niamey in the south eastern suburbs of the city, along the Route Nationale 1, the major highway linking Niamey with the east of the nation. The airport complex also includes the major base for the Armed Forces of Niger's "Armee d'Air".
According to the International Hydropower Association, Canada is the fourth largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world in 2021 after the United States, Brazil, and China. In 2014, Canada consumed the equivalent of 85.7 megatonnes worth of oil of hydroelectricity, 9.8% of worldwide hydroelectric consumption. Furthermore, hydroelectricity accounted for 25.7% of Canada's total energy consumption. It is the third-most consumed energy in Canada behind oil and natural gas.
The mineral mining industry is a crucial piece of the Economy of Niger. Exports of minerals consistently account for 40% of exports.
NIGELEC is the Parastatal electric power generation and transmission utility in Niger. It is majority owned by the Government of Niger and was founded in 1968. In 2006 NIGELEC had 178964 subscribers and 300 electrified centers. The NIGELEC management is overseen by the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
The Mailiao Power Plant is a coal-fired power plant in Formosa Mai-Liao Industrial Park, Mailiao Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. With a total installed capacity of 4,200 MW, the plant is Taiwan's third largest coal-fired power plant after Taichung Power Plant and Hsinta Power Plant.
The Hsieh-ho Power Plant is an oil-fired power plant in Zhongshan District, Keelung, Taiwan. The power plant is the only fully oil-fired power plant in Taiwan.
Association Sportive Nationale de la Nigelec is a football (soccer) club from Niger based in Niamey.
Duber Khwar Hydropower Plant is located near the town of Pattan in Kohistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on the Duber Khwar River, a right bank tributary of Indus River. It is approximately 300 km NW from Islamabad, the federal capital of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Hydroelectricity is currently China's largest renewable energy source and the second overall after coal. China's installed hydroelectric capacity in 2015 was 356 GW, up from 172 GW in 2009, including 23 GW of pumped storage hydroelectricity capacity. According to the International Hydropower Association China is the worlds largest producer of hydroelectricity in 2021. In 2018, hydropower generated 1,232 TWh of power, accounting for roughly 18% of China's total electricity generation.
The Gourou Banda Solar Power Station is a planned 50 MW (67,000 hp) solar power plant in Niger. This renewable energy infrastructure project will be developed by an independent power producer (IPP), under the build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) model, with support from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, as part of the bank's "Scaling Solar" program. The solar farm, first conceived in 2018, as a 20 megawatts installation, was expanded to capacity of 50 megawatts in 2020.
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