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Cape Verde has inaugurated a 5 MW solar array on Sal Island – its largest PV plant
Cape Verde ''s Ministry of Energy and Commerce has inaugurated a 5 MW
Cape Verde’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Energy of Cape Verde is seeking expressions of interest from engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies to develop 10 MW of solar on the country''s largest island. The deadline for applications is Nov. 28.
Cape Verde has inaugurated a 5 MW solar array on Sal Island – its largest PV plant to date, according to the Ministry of Energy and Commerce.
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The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy has issued an expression of interest to pre-qualify developers for two 5 MW solar plants. The facilities will be on the islands of Sal and São Vicente.
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Cape Verde''s Ministry of Energy and Commerce has inaugurated a 5 MW solar plant – the country''s largest to date in terms of capacity and efficiency.
The project is located in the town of Santa Maria on the island of Sal. It was built by Aguas de Ponta Preta, a company based in Cape Verde. The ministry said the project is part of a series of investments, including eight more solar arrays.
"Switching to renewable energy will not only reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, it will lower our energy bill and also protect us from external shocks and inflationary fluctuations in energy prices," the ministry said in a statement. "When we hit more than 50% penetration rate we''ll start to really feel the effects of reduced external impact, shocks and payments balance. Then this hits people''s homes and businesses."
Cape Verde has set a target of reaching over 30% of renewables in its electricity mix by 2026 and then to exceed 50% by 2030. Figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency show that Cape Verde had 26 MW of cumulative installed solar by the end of 2023, up from 23 MW at the end of 2022.
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Direcção Geral da Energia de Cabo Verde
The Government of Cape Verde had the ambition of increase the penetration of renewable energies in the country. In 2009, Cape Verde power plant was mainly based on fossil fuels, creating a large external dependence on fuel and a deficit in the external trade balance. The development of the Renewable Energy Atlas of Cape Verde, in 2010, made it possible to identify several locations on the island of Santiago for the development of solar power plants, which allowed the existing solar potential to be harnessed, reducing the country’s costs.
The purpose of the "Santiago 5 MW Solar PV development " project was the development and construction of a Photovoltaic power plant in Cape Verde – 5MW in Santiago (the largest solar power plant in Africa when it was commissioned).
The development of this project consider the following activities: development of the studies to support the development of the hybrid system: Fuel Power Plant (13MW) + solar PV Power Plant (5MW), the development of all the grid and transient stability studies for the system design in order to guarantee the security and stability of the electric grid, and finally, sizing, licensing and supervision of the construction and commissioning phase.
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