The Taiba N\u2019Diaye wind farm has a capacity of 158.7 MW, and will generate around 400 GWh of electricity per year. The project\u2019s construction phase started in early 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe SAVi assessment demonstrates that across environmental, social, economic and financial indicators, the wind farm performs better than Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) and coal-generated electricity. The assessment included a range of externalities, a simulation across climate-risk scenarios, and a comparison across energy technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A SAVi\nassessment of a project\u2019s viability takes into account these externalities, and\ncompares that project with other energy technologies. The wind farm brings the\nhighest net benefits, relative to the others assessed here. It generates a\nlarge amount of electricity in a cost-efficient manner, while reducing\ngreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to coal or HFO. Over the lifecycle of\nthe project, the wind farm also creates more jobs than either of the other\ntechnologies that we assessed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nwind farm is also more resilient against the impacts of climate change: when\nglobal temperatures increase, the efficiency of a coal power plant drops significantly,\nas does its financial performance. The wind farm, on the contrary, is not as\naffected by global temperature increases, as the SAVi assessment shows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The data for the SAVi assessments is generated based on the project data of the wind farm. The data for the comparison with other energy technologies is based on data adjusted for the Senegalese context. IISD customizes every SAVi assessment to build the model based on country-specific assumptions. BOS and CETUD validated the assumptions for each assessment. The full analysis of the project is available on request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IISD\nwill continue to work with BOS to make SAVi the preferred assessment\nmethodology for helping deploy sustainable infrastructure projects in Senegal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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