Client
ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Services
Efficiency and Losses Reduction
Beginning
2013
Conclusion
2016
Location
Mercado Sucupira (Praia)
Electricity Losses Reduction Project in Praia, Cape Verde
PROJECTSElectricity Losses Reduction Project in Praia, Cape Verde
CONTEXT
In 2013 the level of non-technical losses of electricity in Cape Verde was 29%. In the island of Santiago this value was about 43%, which translated into one of the most expensive electricity rates in the world.
OBJECTIVES
The main goal of “Electricity Losses reduction project” project was the development of a pilot system for identification and control of the non-technical energy losses and the monitoring of the energy quality and service quality on the low voltage distribution grid in the most problematic Praia City neighborhoods.
DESCRIPTION
The development of this project compromised the design and development of an IT tool, the installation of monitoring equipment’s in the most problematic neighborhoods and transformer stations in Praia City in order to locate and quantify the Energy Losses due to fraud and theft.
SUMMARY OF SERVICES
- Losses control and power quality monitoring system design, development and implementation