Hitachi ABB Power to equip MCA Group's 950 MWp solar farms

• Swiss company Hitachi ABB Power Grids was lately picked by the MCA Group to provide electric devices for a 950 MWp mega solar project under advancement in Angola. Hitachi ABB Power Grids' devices will be used to connect future solar energy plants to Angola's national grid.

In Angola, the 950 MWp huge solar project, established by the MCA Group (M. Couto Alves) is getting in a new phase. The consortium has actually simply authorized a contract with Hitachi ABB Power Grids to supply the electrical framework for the project. According to MCA, this tools will certainly be used to connect future solar energy plants to Angola's electrical energy grid. Hitachi ABB Power Grids will likewise accomplish the engineering examinations before the appointing of the future facilities that will certainly be constructed as part of the 950 MWp project.

It is being created by a consortium formed by Sun Africa LLC, a Chicago-based United States renewable resource firm as well as the MCA Group. "The project will have a positive effect in Angola and specifically on its economic situation. Even more individuals will certainly be assured accessibility to tidy and budget friendly power. The project will boost the share of renewable energy in the nation's electrical power mix," says Manuel Couto Alves, president and CEO of the MCA Group. The power produced by the centers will certainly additionally be marketed to seven various other countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the following 5 years.

The initial stage of the project will certainly see the building of a 188 MWp solar power plant at Biopio, in Angola's Benguela district. 6 various other solar power plants will certainly be constructed as part of the mega-solar project to amaze hundreds of homes. The construction of these new solar parks is being financed under the Swedish export credit scheme. The funds will be alloted by the Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) and the Swedish Export Credit Agency (EKN).