Africa-Press – Angola. The construction of the Luena Solar Energy Park, in Moxico province, whose delivery is scheduled for March 2024, is at 88 percent completion.
The well-known “clean and cheap” energy park will have 43,000 solar panels, with an installed capacity of around 26.9 MW, with capacity to serve 171,000 inhabitants.
The information was passed on, Friday, in the city of Luena, by the contractor of the MCA and SUN-África consortium, during an inspection visit by the Minister of the Environment, Ana Paula de Carvalho to the project.
On the occasion, the minister stressed the importance of the project that will contribute to the reduction of atmospheric pollution, through the reduction of fuel consumption, in the order of 20 million liters/year.
Currently, the city of Luena is mainly supported by thermal power stations, with an installed capacity of 27.5 MW, reduced, at this time, to 12.5 MW, due to faults registered in two generators of the main Thermal Power Station, “WARTSILA”.
In addition to the Thermal Power Station, the city of Luena is being supplied by 6.5 MW, of the 12 produced in the hydro-electrical development of Chiumbe, installed in the municipality of Dala, province of Lunda Sul, but still insufficient to respond to the demand of the city where inhabit more than 460 thousand people.
The solar energy park is part of a program to build seven photovoltaic solar power plants in provinces such as Benguela, Moxico, Lunda Sul, Lunda Norte, Bié, Huambo and Namibe.
During two days of work, carried out in the province of Moxico, Ana Paula de Carvalho observed the operation of the Waste Water Treatment Station (WWTP), as well as the Water Treatment Stations, on the outskirts of the city of Luena.
On this journey, the leader also visited Cameia Park, which is 102 kilometers from Luena, where she reaffirmed the Executive’s commitment to the protection of fauna and flora throughout the national territory.
Ana Paula de Carvalho said that the ministry has drawn up a plan to reactivate the parks so that they are more attractive and profitable for the country’s economy, through the promotion of tourism, having announced, shortly, the opening of an international tender with a view to to the management of the Cameia National Park.
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