Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, travels today to the province of Benguela, to inaugurate the photovoltaic solar plants of Biópio and Baía Farta, which will guarantee a production of more than 250 megawatts of clean energy.
The visit of a few hours, by the Head of State, to the province of Benguela, was announced, at the beginning of yesterday evening, by the secretary of the President of the Republic for Institutional Communication and Press Affairs, Luís Fernando.
However, the photovoltaic plant in Biópio, municipality of Catumbela, is considered to be the largest built in six of the country’s 18 provinces, with a production capacity of 188 megawatts of energy.
The energy produced in this municipality will be interconnected to the national grid, from the province of Cuanza-Sul, which, after Benguela, will be the first to benefit from the supply, in relation to the others integrated in the national system. The project, budgeted at more than 200 million euros, occupies an area of 436 hectares, in which 509,040 solar panels were installed.
The Electric Energy Production Company (PRODEL) justified, through a source, that the choice of Biópio, as the largest solar park in the country, has to do with the fact that it is “the fundamental point” in electrical infrastructures, where several energy sources converge, namely the Kileva Thermal Power Station and the North region.
Regarding the Baía Farta plant, which is also inaugurated today by the Head of State, it should be noted that it has a photovoltaic system of 96, 703 KWp of power and 261,360 solar modules, designed in an area comprising 186 hectares. Project funding is estimated at more than €100 million.
In addition to the Biópio and Baía Farta units, the photovoltaic plants in Saurimo (26.91 MWp), Luena (26.91 MWp), Cuito (14.65 MWp), Bailundo (7.99 MWp) are also being built. and Lucapa (7.2 MWp).
The perspective is that the two projects will jointly produce a total of 370 megawatts of clean energy from renewable energy sources.
With the construction of seven solar power plants in the mentioned locations, by the US company Sun Africa, and the Portuguese company MCA, Angola expects to reduce carbon emissions (CO2) by around 900,000 tonnes/year.
The PRODEL source also expects that more than two million citizens will benefit from electricity produced from the seven referenced photovoltaic solar power plants.
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