Work begins on 30 MW solar plant in Burkina Faso

• Electricity produced by the facility will be cost $0.08/ kWh to national energy Sonabel. Burkina Faso just recently adopted a solar-oriented energy policy.

French solar task developer Urbasolar –-- part of the Swiss Axpo Group –-- has actually started building and construction of a 30 MW solar park in Pâ& acirc;, in the Mouhoun Loop area of northwest Burkina Faso.

The plant is expected to produce 51.7 GWh annually with the electrical energy offered to nationwide utility Sonabel for CFA48/kWh ($0.08).

The expense of thermal power production in Burkina Faso is three times more costly, at CFA130/kWh, Urbasolar stated in statement. The job was developed and developed as a public-private partnership between the government of Burkina Faso, Urbasolar and its Burkinabé partner PPS, the Montpellier-based developer added.

The job becomes part of a 155 MW solar pipeline the government wishes to construct with the help of independent electrical power manufacturers. “& ldquo; The power generation of these 155 MW will enable Sonabel to increase its capability however likewise to purchase & hellip; kilowatt [- hours] at CFA48, on average –-- a price well below the current expense produced from thermal power plants, which differs between CFA100 and CFA110/kWh,” & rdquo; the Ministry of Energy stated a year ago, when the very first projects were revealed.

Pipeline

Another 30 MW facility is being planned by investment company Naange in Kalzi, in the main region of the nation, and 2 more 30 MW tasks have been proposed by Africa-Ren and France’& rsquo; s Green Yellow, in Kodeni, in Houet province; and in the capital, Ouagadougou, respectively.

The government’& rsquo; s solar drive originally aimed to deploy 100 MW of generation centers before being broadened to enhance power supply in a nation mainly depending on fossil fuels. The project pipeline likewise includes jobs with capacities of 20 MW and 15 MW. Those projects are being developed by a consortium formed by France’& rsquo; s Quadran and Spain & rsquo; s Soltech and Syscom, and will be released in Zano, in the Tenkodogo department of Boulgou province in southeastern Burkina Faso and in Boucle de Mouhoun, in the main area.

Burkina Faso had only 62 MW of installed PV capability at the end of 2018, according to International Renewable resource Company figures.