Cameroon is endowed with an abundant variety of energy resources and an important local and sub-regional market. The hydropower potential amounts to 12,000 MW according to World Bank estimates. Cameroon represents the 3rd energy potential in sub-Saharan Africa after the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia. The potential of solar energy varies from 4 kWh / m2 / day in the south to 6 kWh / m2 / day in the north [2]. Geothermal potentials have been identified in the localities of Meiganga, Tignère, Ekondo Titi and Nwa. This diversity of resources should give the country energy independence and a considerable level of development. However, the energy deficit remains high.
Over the past decades, the national energy supply has evolved linearly while demand has grown exponentially. By way of illustration, with the recovery, although timid in investments in the sector in the early 2000s, national public electricity production increased by 19% between 2012 and 2014.
Evolution of installed capacities from 2005 to 2014