Senegal Energy Information

Senegal Energy Research

- Senegal's Energy & Climate Policy Framework: Senegal's energy framework targets universal electricity access and 40% renewables by 2030, supported by strategic plans, regulatory reforms, and international partnerships like the JETP.

- Senegal's Energy Companies: Senegal’s energy sector features state utility Senelec's restructuring and growing electricity generation, alongside new oil and gas production from the Sangomar and GTA Phase 1 projects.

- Senegal's Energy Supply & Demand: Senegal's energy sector is expanding rapidly, with oil dominating supply and power generation. Recent 2024-2025 hydrocarbon discoveries have transformed the nation into an oil and gas producer and exporter.

- Senegal's Energy Use & Price by Sector: Senegal's final energy consumption reached 4.3 Mtoe in 2025, driven by transport (45%) and residential sectors (43%). High reliance on imported oil keeps electricity and fuel prices above regional peers.

- Senegal's Issues & Prospects: Senegal is expanding its gas and renewable energy capacity, converting thermal plants to gas, developing new infrastructure, and advancing domestic oil and gas exploration projects.

Senegal Total Energy Production & Consumption

Total energy consumption is growing rapidly (+4%/year on average since 2013) and reached 6 Mtoe in 2025, i.e. 49% above its 2010 level. Per capita energy consumption reached 0.3 toe in 2025, which is about a third below the average for Sub-Saharan Africa.

In 2025, oil covered 60% of the country's energy needs (+22 pp since 2010), biomass (mainly wood) 36% (-19 pp), electricity 3% (+2 pp) and coal 2% (-3 pp). The share of oil is much higher than the Sub-Saharan Africa average (21%), while the share of biomass is much lower (52% for the regional average).

Source: Senegal energy report

Interactive Chart Senegal Total Energy Production & Consumption

Source: Global Energy & CO₂ data

Senegal Oil Production & Consumption

Senegal started producing crude oil in 2024 (2.3 Mt); production doubled to 5 Mt in 2025 (100 kb/d). The country, which used to import all its crude oil consumption became a net exporter in 2024; in 2025, Senegal imported 1.3 Mt of crude oil from Nigeria and exported nearly its entire production (4.9 Mt). Its crude oil consumption rose by 27% to 1.4 Mt in 2025 (up from 0.6 Mt in 2010).

Graph: Crude Oil Production & Consumption

Source: Senegal energy report

Interactive Chart Senegal Crude Oil Production & Consumption

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Interactive Chart Senegal Refined Oil Products Production & Consumption

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Senegal Natural Gas Production & Consumption

Large gas resources were discovered in the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas field in 2014 between Senegal and Mauritania, that are estimated to hold around 425 bcm of gas (15 Tcf). The governments of Senegal and Mauritania signed an agreement in 2018 to equally split resources, taxes, and revenues.

Source: Senegal energy report

Interactive Chart Senegal Gas Production & Consumption

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Senegal Coal and Lignite Production & Consumption

The country imported 0.1 Mt of coal in 2025. Industry, which used to be the sole consumer for coal until the commissioning of the Sendou coal-fired power plant in 2018, now accounts for 52% of coal consumption (2025), with the remainder used for power generation (48%).

Graph: Coal Production & Consumption

Source: Senegal energy report

Interactive Chart Senegal Coal and Lignite Production & Consumption

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Senegal Renewable in % Electricity Production

ANER, the National Agency for Renewable Energy, was created in 2013 to promote renewables.

Senegal's National Renewable Energy Action Plan (PANER, 2015) aims to raise the share of renewables (including hydropower) in the grid-connected capacity to 32% in 2030 (over 630 MW). JETP, the Just Energy Transition Partnership (2023), raised this target to 40% by 2030. In 2025, renewable capacities accounted for a third of the total capacity. The Vision Senegal 2050 plan targets at least 4.8 GW of renewable capacities by 2050 (40% of a total capacity of more than 12 GW).

Source: Senegal energy report

Interactive Chart Senegal Share of Renewables in Electricity Production (incl hydro)

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Senegal GHG emissions and CO₂ emissions

In its NDC (2020), the country committed to reduce GHG emissions by 7% by 2030 compared to BAU levels (unconditional target) and by 29.5% with international support (conditional target).

Source: Senegal energy report

Interactive Chart Senegal CO₂ emissions

Source: Global Energy & CO₂ data