The Comité Maghrébin de l'Electricité (COMELEC), also Maghreb Electricity Committee and North African Power Pool, is an association of five
North Africa
North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...
n countries belonging to the
Arab Maghreb Union
The Arab Maghreb Union ( '; AMU/UMA) is a political union and economic union trade agreement aiming for economic and future political unity among Arab countries that are located primarily in the Maghreb in North Africa. Its members are the natio ...
(Union du Maghreb Arabe). The major aim of the association is to interconnect the electricity grids of the member countries in order to facilitate the trading of electric power between the members. North African Power Pool is one of the five regional power pools in Africa.
Overview
Member countries are Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia.
One of the projects in the high voltage power line from Morocco to Egypt through Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. There are several other ongoing programs.
Members
The member countries and their respective electricity utility companies are listed in the table below.
See also
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Southern African Power Pool
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in Southern Africa under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The members of SAPP have created a common power grid betwe ...
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Eastern Africa Power Pool
The Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP), is a collaborative effort by eleven countries in Eastern Africa to interconnect their electricity grids and take advantage of excess capacity within the network and facilitate trade of electric power between ...
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West African Power Pool
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in West Africa, Western Africa under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The members of WAPP are working to establish a ...
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Central African Power Pool
References
External links
Website of Arab Maghreb Union
Energy in Africa
Electricity markets
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