Opportunities for Power Trade in the Nile Basin : Final Scoping Study

The Nile riparian countries established the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) in February 1999. The NBI is a transitional mechanism that provides an agreed framework to fight poverty and promote economic development. This study, reviews the opportunities for power trade in the Nile Basin countries (based on experience from other regions of the world), identifies the potential benefits of power trade at different stages of market development and barriers to regional power trade. The study is structured in four chapters: (i) an overview of the power sectors of the 10 Nile Basin countries and different types of power trade; (ii) potential for power trade based on the characteristics of the Nile Basin in terms of resource endowments, energy balances, existing generation and transmission facilities, and present and future demand and supply; (iii) scope for power trade in the Nile Basin; and (iv) framework for developing power trade.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2004-01
Subjects:	BILATERAL TRADE, BULK POWER, COMMERCIAL ENERGY, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, CONSUMERS, COST SAVINGS, COSTS OF POWER, DIRECT CURRENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC POWER, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRICAL POWER, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY DEMAND, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY TRADE, EMISSIONS, ENERGY BALANCE, ENERGY MARKETS, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY RESOURCE, ENERGY RESOURCES, ENERGY SECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, EXPLOITATION, EXPORTS, FORECASTS, GENERATORS, GRID, IMPORTS, INDUSTRIALIZATION, MARGINAL COST, MARGINAL COSTS, OIL, POWER COMPANY, POWER GENERATION, POWER MARKETS, POWER PLANT, POWER PLANTS, POWER PRODUCTION, POWER SECTOR, POWER SECTOR REFORM, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SYSTEM, POWER SYSTEMS, POWER TRANSMISSION, POWER UTILITIES, PRICE SETTING, PURCHASING POWER, REGULATORY REGIMES, RESERVE REQUIREMENTS, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, RIVER BASINS, STATE-OWNED UTILITIES, SUPPLY OF POWER, TRANSMISSION PRICING, VOLTAGE ENERGY & POWER; POWER; POWER TRADING; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; RURAL ENERGY; THERMAL ENERGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HYDROTHERMAL ENERGY; HYDROTHERMAL ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS; THERMOELECTRICITY; NILE RIVER; RIVER BASIN AUTHORITIES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/4943968/opportunities-power-trade-nile-basin-final-scoping-study https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20270
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