A sum of US $40M has been committed by the West African Development Bank (BOAD) for construction of Awandjélo solar photovoltaic power plant project in Togo.
The solar plant project with a capacity of 42 MWp will be set up in the region of Kara, in northern Togo. It will be implemented under a public-private partnership (PPP). Togolese government and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) selected the project to be part of the “Scaling Solar” programme.
Scaling Solar programme
The “Scaling Solar” programme, which is also being implemented in Niger, Ivory Coast and Senegal, aims to encourage private companies to invest in solar energy in order to supply energy to the national electricity network of the country concerned, and to ensure the rapid execution (two years at the most) of the electricity projects, thanks in particular to PPPs.
According to the BOAD, the solar power plant built in the Kozah prefecture will enable the diversification of Togo’s electricity mix with “the increase of the share of renewable energies from 27% in 2021 to 40% in 2024, and the improvement of the country’s electrification rate from 59% in 2021 to 75% in 2025”.
The other solar power plant in the Scaling Solar programme will be built in Salimde, a town in the Tchaoudjo prefecture in the centre of the country. The IFC has agreed with the Togolese government to build two solar power plants with a combined capacity of between 60 and 90 MWp.