A selection of infrastructural information, focussing on energy provision and water consumption.
Question | Answer | Comment |
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Available free of charge | Yes | |
Downloadable | No | Data is provided as images embedded in HTML |
Publicly available | Yes | |
Openly licenced | No | No licence terms provided |
Up-to-date | No | Energy grid locations are outdated, transmission loads do not have a time stamp |
In an open and machine-readable format | ||
Digital data | No | |
Print data | No | |
location | href="https://www.cebnet.org/transport/carte-du-reseau-ceb" https://www.cebnet.org/transport/carte-du-reseau-ceb">rel="nofollow">https://www.cebnet.org/transport/carte-du-reseau-ceb - Energy grid, href="https://www.cebnet.org/transport/postes-et-lignes" https://www.cebnet.org/transport/postes-et-lignes">rel="nofollow">https://www.cebnet.org/transport/postes-et-lignes - Energy transmission loads | Only accumulated electricity capacity provided, not by power plant. https://www.sbee.bj/site/nos-activites/production-delectricite/ |
Collected by government | Yes | The information required here is collected by two different agencies. Information about electrical energy is collected by the National Electric Power Company. On the other hand, information on water consumption is collected by another state-owned company (National Water Company of Benin). |
findable_steps | I called workers from the national water company of Benin. I did some research on the website of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis. | |
characteristics | Electricity transmission networks (geographic position) | Energy transport Narrative descriptions for future projects: https://www.cebnet.org/nos-projets/nos-projets-de-transport Energy capacity Only some explanations about future projects are provided. Water consumption: No statistics provided by official gov provider, only some explanations how water is treated: https://www.soneb.com/soneb15/pg-traitement |
Controlled access | Yes | |
Collector name | National Electric Power Company, Communaute Electrique du Benin, Societe Beninoise d’Energie Electrique, Agence Beninoise d’Electrification Rurale et de Maitrise d’Energie, National Water Company of Benin | Electricity: A law between Benin and Togo regulates the energy market in Benin and Togo (see https://www.cebnet.org/ceb-en-bref/organisation). The page indicates a past liberalisation of the energy market, but it is unclear to what extent the governments of Benin and Togo control individual companies, and whether they count as public sector body or private entity. There are different state-regulated providers, like: Communaute Electrique du Benin Societe Beninoise d’Energie Electrique Agence Beninoise d’Electrification Rurale et de Maitrise d’Energie Energy policy and coordination of production is managed by Ministere de l'Energie, des Recherches Pétrolières et Minières, de l'Eau et du Développement des Energies Renouvelables The solar energy sector is coordinated on the market Water: National Water Company of Benin (SONEB) For policy: Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water Sanitation: Hygiene and Basic Sanitation Authority under the Ministry of Health (see more at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Benin |