The Republic of Togo has broken ground on its 50-MW Mohamed Bin Zayed Photovoltaic Solar Power Complex in Blitta. The project was launched in presence of H.E. Faure E. Gnassingbe, President of the Republic of Togo, and Hussain Al Nowais, Chairman of AMEA Power, the company in charge of designing, financing, building, launching, operating and maintaining the facility.
The Moyamed Bin Zayed Solar PV Complex is West Africa’s largest ongoing solar PV project, and supports Togo’s ambitions to increase its rural electrification rate to 50% by 2022, and 100% by 2030.
AMEA Power out of the UAE is the developer of the project. In December, AMEA signed a concession agreement with the Ministry of Mines and Energies of Togo and a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with La Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo (CEET).
The Project is the country’s first utility scale renewable energy project developed by an independent power producer. It is part of the solar program being developed under the national electrification strategy through which the government intends to build four power plants in the country.