Luanda - Expenditure on diesel for power generation in Angola has fallen from 230 billion kwanzas in 2019 to 87 billion kwanzas in the last two years, with the results of structuring projects in the electricity sector.
Accounts compiled by ANGOP, based on figures presented Tuesday by the Secretary of State for Energy, António Belsa da Costa, show that the country has saved 143 billion kwanzas without buying metric tons of diesel for generator sets.
Currently, within the framework of investments made by the government, the country now has installed power production of around 5.9 megawatts, a capacity seen as "good" in relation to the country's needs.
The current potential includes an additional 3,342 megawatts of hydroelectric, as well as thermal and hybrid energy production.
One of the biggest gains registered in this five-year period, according to the official, was the interconnection of the northern system with the centre of the country, which significantly reduced fuel consumption for electricity production across the country.
The interconnection was via the transmission line from the Cambambe hydroelectric dam (Kwanza Norte), Gabela (Kwanza Sul) to Quileva (Lobito), in Benguela province.
Speaking at the 6th edition of "CAFÉ CIPRA", an initiative of the Press Centre of the Presidency of the Republic, António da Costa also highlighted the Cambambe hydroelectric dam projects, now with its first phase modernised, Laúca, one of the largest hydroelectric projects in the country, with a capacity of 2,072 megawatts, among other products.
