Energy in Guinea

Electricity is not available to a high percentage of Guineans, especially in rural areas, and service is intermittent, even in the capital city of Conakry.

[2] There is also a sharp east-west divide: west of the Ouré-Kaba-Tougué axis, nearly 30% had electricity, but that figure dropped to barely over 5% to the east.

[2] The country has considerable hydropower potential - about 6000 megawatts (MW) or 19,300 GWh annually - but taps only a small percentage of it.

[1][5][3] The country is currently engaged in interconnection projects such as the sub-regional Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal (Sénégal River Basin Development Organization),[7] Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Gambie (Gambia River Basin Development Organization)[7] and West African Power Pool.

[9] Government policy seeks to improve energy efficiency, increase the share of renewables, and cut local electricity tariffs.