Africa-Press – Angola. The construction of the Cabinda photovoltaic park and other ongoing structural projects in the electricity sector will ensure autonomy in the supply of electricity in this province, the Secretary of State for Energy, Arlindo Carlos, assured this week in this location.
Speaking to the press, regarding a field trip to evaluate the sector’s infrastructures, the director highlighted that the solar panel plant, whose works are progressing satisfactorily, will have the capacity to produce 90 megawatts of electrical energy.
The infrastructure, installed in the town of Chinganga, around 17 kilometers south of the city of Cabinda, will have 200,000 solar panels that will reinforce the current 145 megawatts produced by the Malembo Thermal Power Plant.
Alongside this project, the Secretary of State said that it is also planned to build another infrastructure that will interconnect the province of Cabinda and the national electricity network, starting in the municipality of Soyo, through two 220 kilowatt circuits. , with a capacity of 300 megawatts.
He recalled that the sector is committed to implementing the structuring project that will serve as a robust solution to generate jobs for young people.
According to Arlindo Carlos, the Government continues to mobilize financing, in order to implement projects that could contribute to the economic development of the region and the social well-being of the populations.
Currently, the province of Cabinda benefits from the electrical energy produced at the Malembo Thermal Power Station, which operates with five turbines, three of which are gas and two diesel, which make up an installed capacity of 145 megawatts (unit of physical magnitude of power, which represents a measure of power equivalent to one million watts).
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