The Ivorian Minister of Mines, Petroleum, and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, announced the construction of 12 new photovoltaic solar power plants across the country between 2025 and 2026.
This announcement was made during the dual official commissioning and extension ceremony of the country's first and largest solar power plant ever built in West Africa, recently in Boundiali, in northern Côte d'Ivoire.
According to Coulibaly, the localities of Ferkessédougou, Bondoukou, Korhogo, M'Bengué, Katiola, Tengrela, Kong, Sérébou, Touba, Odienné, Mankono, and Soubré will host the infrastructure for converting solar energy into electricity from 2025 for the first two and 2026 for the others.
Eventually, these installations will produce electricity with a total power of 678 Megawatts by 2030 and increase to about 1686 Megawatts by 2040, reports the Ivorian Press Agency (AIP).
The goal for the Ivorian State is to achieve a share of so-called clean energies estimated at 45% in the national energy mix by 2030, compared to 30% today.
Finally, this project will eventually prevent more than 70,000 tons per year of carbon dioxide emissions, thereby improving the country's carbon footprint.
Côte d'Ivoire committed in 2016 to lead its transition to renewable energies by ratifying the universal agreement on climate change, the Agency recalls
