Saurimo – The photovoltaic plant in Saurimo, Lunda-Sul Province, with a capacity of 26.13 megawatts of energy, will come into operation later this month, the secretary of State for Energy, Arlindo Carlos, informed this Wednesday in this location.
A clean energy production source, the project is being built on an area of 65 hectares, under the responsibility of the South African and Angolan company, 'Sun África' and 'MCA', respectively.
Budgeted at €38.839.000 the project includes a total of 44,850 solar panels, which will benefit 171,565 people in the city of Saurimo.
According to the director, who was speaking to the press at the end of a visit to the city of Saurimo, the photovoltaic plant is currently in the testing phase and will be fully operational within a few more days.
Arlindo Carlos assured that the Ministry of Energy and Water will expand the supply of electricity in other locations, such as Cacolo and Muconda, with a view to overcoming the deficit that still exists in that province.
The visit by the secretary of State for Energy, accompanied by by the deputy-governor for Technical Services and Infrastructure, Cláudio Pemessa, and the ENDE and PRODEL's CEO, covered the photovoltaic plant in Saurimo, Nhama, Txicumina and the construction of “UPS 01”.
With an estimated population of more than 534,000 inhabitants, the city of Saurimo is supplied with a variable power of 19/25 megawatts of energy, supplied by the Nhama and Txicumina thermal plants.
Currently, the National Energy Distribution Company (ENDE), in Lunda-Sul, has a number of 30,600 registered customers, of which 1,700 are on the prepaid system.
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