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Using DETER cloud coverage as an instrumental variable to address endogeneity, the authors estimate that reducing monitoring and law enforcement by half would increase municipal deforestation by approximately 44%. The analysis indicates that these efforts did not cause deforestation to leak into neighboring areas and did not negatively impact local agricultural production; in fact, agricultural outcomes improved. 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HFO is found to be financially non-viable across all scenarios.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002031#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"In a traditional baseline assessment (Scenario 0), coal power generation is the cheapest option with a levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of CFA 33,452 per MWh, compared to CFA 43,337 per MWh for wind and CFA 145,659 per MWh for HFO.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002031#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"When climate risks and externalities are integrated (Scenario 2), the wind farm becomes the most favourable option; its LCOE decreases to CFA 43,266 per MWh, while coal's LCOE increases to CFA 52,998 per MWh and HFO's to CFA 155,898 per MWh.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002031#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The wind farm is projected to generate significantly more employment than the alternatives, with at least 66 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs per year, compared to 15 for HFO and 11 for coal.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002031#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Implementing the N’Diaye wind park instead of HFO or coal could avoid between 2.1 million and 6 million tonnes of CO2e emissions between 2019 and 2042.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002031#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"From a financial perspective, the wind farm performs on par with coal when climate risks and externalities are considered; based on Net Present Value (NPV), the wind project (USD 157.38 million) outperforms the coal alternative (USD 129.64 million) in Scenario 2.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002031#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"HFO-fired power generation is considered financially non-viable across all modelled scenarios, with a negative NPV of approximately USD -1 billion over a 40-year lifetime.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002031#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["carbon tax","climate risk","greenhouse gas emissions","project finance","job creation"],"geography_discussed":["Thiès Region","Tivaouane","Taïba Ndiaye"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["cost-benefit analysis","financial analysis","scenario analysis","system dynamics simulation"]},{"id":"iisd-002032","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-002032","title":"Évaluation des actifs durables (SAVi) du parc éolien de Taïba N’Diaye au Sénégal","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"report","language":"fr","date_published":"2019-06","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/savi-senegal-ndiaye-wind-farm-fr.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report evaluates the Taïba N’Diaye wind farm in Senegal, comparing it to coal and heavy fuel oil (HFO) power generation. 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