Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, said this Wednesday in Washington that Angola depends less and less on the production of energy from thermal power stations.
Speaking at a Business Forum, within the framework of the US-Africa Leaders Summit, the Angolan Head of State said that the country is partially abandoning polluting production sources.
According to the President, who presented the theme “Building the Sustainable Future, Partnerships to Finance African Infrastructures and the Energy Transition”, the country invests heavily in hydroelectric energy.
“Right now, the production of electricity in Angola is less and less from polluting sources, from thermal power plants powered by diesel or gas”, underlined the statesman.
According to João Lourenço, Angola already has the Laúca and Cambambe dams, with the Caculo Cabaça dam under construction, which will produce around 2.1 gigawatts of energy.
With the arrival of this last dam, he said, Angola will produce 9 gigawatts of energy.
He said that the country is building, at an advanced stage, the energy distribution network through hydroelectric power stations.
João Lourenço recalled that the distribution network for this same energy in the Kwanza River Basin is under construction, partially completed, to take the product throughout the country.
This energy, he said, already covers the central region, namely the provinces of Huambo and Bié, and the search for funding is ongoing to transport it to the south, in order to cover the provinces of Huíla, Namibe and Cunene.
It is also intended to cover the eastern zone, that is, the provinces of Lunda-Norte, Lunda-Sul, Moxico and Cuando Cubango.
At the same time, he said, Angola is betting on the production of solar energy, with photovoltaic parks, two of which already supply energy to the national electricity grid.
Even so, the Head of State said that Angola intends to reach the rate of 80 percent of clean energy, within 3 years.
To this end, the Executive continues to invest in solar energy production projects, one of which is the largest the country will know, to be built in the south of Angola, to benefit the provinces of Namibe, Huíla, Cunene and Cuando Cubango.
The same will be carried out by the North American company Sun Africa, with financing from Exinbank, in the amount of 2 billion USD.
“At least in this branch of clean energy production, Angola is already benefiting from the funding and knowledge of American companies in this field”, he concluded.
The Business Forum is the highlight of the agenda for the second day of the US-Africa Leaders Summit, taking place since Tuesday in the US capital.
The event, an initiative of US President Joe Biden, officially ends on Thursday (15).
Several topical issues mark the thematic debates at that meeting, including good governance, transparency, environmental protection and corruption.
Within the framework of the summit, the Angolan President has already intervened on two occasions, the first being at the Annual Congress of Exinbank.
On the sidelines of the summit, João Lourenço has held, since Monday, several meetings with businessmen and entities of the North American administration.
Likewise, it has been in dialogue with senior officials from international organizations such as the World Bank and USAID.
He also took part in a Round Table with US businessmen, whom he invited to invest in Angola, mainly in the energy, agriculture and tourism sectors.
With these meetings, João Lourenço, who leads a delegation made up of several ministers, essentially seeks to promote Angola’s image and attract American investors.
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