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The Ivory Coast government has signed an agreement with infrastructure investor PFO Africa for the financing, construction and operation of a 52 MW solar plant. The project has been billed as the country''s largest to date.
PFO Africa Administrative Director Clyde Fakhoury and Ivorian Energy Minister Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly
Image: Ivory Coast government
The government of the Ivory Coast has signed a concession agreement with infrastructure investor PFO Africa for a 52 MW solar PV plant in the village of Sokhoro, in the northern part of the West African country.
Construction will begin in the second quarter of 2024, with commissioning scheduled for the third quarter of 2025. According to Ivorian Energy Minister Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, the project will create 150 jobs during construction and 15 permanent jobs during operation.
The minister said that contracts are currently under review for the construction of other solar power plants, with a cumulative capacity of 600 MW. Commissioning of these projects will take place in 2025 and 2026.
Coulibaly said the Ivory Coast''s installed solar capacity currently stands at 2,907 MW. The country is now working toward deployment targets of 3,500 MW in 2025, 5,200 MW by 2030 and 8,600 by 2040.
Ivory Coast''s first solar power plant, located in the northern town of Boundiali, was commissioned in 2022. It currently has a capacity of 37.5 MW, but Coulibaly says this is set to expand to 80 MW, with financing for the expansion already approved by the Council of Ministers.
The Ivory Coast has vowed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 32% and increase the share of renewable energy in its energy mix to more than 40% by 2030. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the Ivory Coast had 13 MW of cumulative solar capacity in 2021.
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The authorities in the Ivory Coast have completed a 37.5 MW solar plant, with a second development phase now underway to increase its capacity to 80 MW.
The first phase of a solar power plant in the northern part of the Ivory Coast has been inaugurated.
Financing for the solar power plant in Boundiali was first announced in 2018, while commissioning plans were shared in December 2022. The 37.5 MW facility, billed as the country''s first major solar array, will sell electricity to Compagnie Ivoirienne d''Electricité, a utility in the country.
The second phase of development has also started at the solar plant, which is expected to be completed by April 2025. The project, which has a total cost of €75.6 million ($81.8 million), is expected to power 70,000 homes, saving 60,000 tons of CO2 equivalent per year. It is creating more than 300 direct and indirect jobs during construction.
The project is part of efforts to diversify electricity production in the Ivory Coast. The country aims to increase the share of renewable energy in its electricity mix to 45% by 2030, including hydroelectricity.
In February, the government signed a concession agreement for a new 52 MW solar plant, with construction set to begin in the second quarter of this year. Ivorian Energy Minister Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly has also revealed plans to expand the capacity of the Boundiali plant to 80 MW.
According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Ivory Coast had 46 MW of installed solar at the end of 2023.
Indeed while it is good news that a former state utility goes renewables and has understood that solar is one of the cheapest energy sources in absolute terms, the article itself is typical of a eurocentric if not colonialist perspective.
No such article looking at a large power plant in any European country would omit telling the exact place where the plant is going to be built, or, at least, name the region. Instead, CIE and Côte d’Ivoire are mentioned as if it were some remote area whose details are not interesting… in a country with almost 31 million inhabitants, 3rd largest in population in Africa, with one of Africa’s highest growth rates!
Hey Pat, the article says the plant is located in Boundiali.
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