Luanda - Angola will have an energy production capacity of around nine gigawatts by 2027, the Minister of Energy and Water, João Baptista Borges, said on Thursday in Dubai.
Speaking to the press at COP 28, the minister said that this capacity will ensure greater energy security, greater diversification and resilience in the face of climate change.
He maintained that this figure is based on the National Strategy to Combat Climate Change, which involves attracting policies to promote the energy transition.
To this end, he pointed out programs to bring more renewable sources, as well as hydropower, such as the Caculo-Cabaça Hydroelectric Dams under construction and the Laúca dams still under operation.
According to João Baptista Borges, the construction of solar parks is also part of the package, with Biópio and Baía Farta, two examples, and two more are in the start-up phase, one in Catete and the other in Malanje.
He also mentioned the 120 electrifications to be carried out in the eastern and southern regions of the country, as well as mini-grids for the most distant municipalities that will also have solar energy.
According to the minister, Angola currently has a production capacity of six gigawatts that is not yet sufficient to meet the demand that the market will exert in the coming years.
In the other area, he highlighted the mitigation of the effects of climate change, specifically the drought and long droughts in the southern part of the country as a reason to be fought and overcome.
“In addition to the “Cafu Canal” already playing its role, we have three major works in progress, such as the Luiz and Calucupe dams on the left bank and the “Cova do Leão” dam on the right bank,” he said.
He informed that these projects will make it possible to maintain water reserves to meet the needs of water supply to the population and livestock in the face of periods of drought.
He considered the country's bets to be relevant, as today it already exercises not only in the fight against climate change, but also in the energy transition and in the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.
The Conference of the Parties (COP) 28 was officially opened this Thursday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with the obligation to take stock of the global situation for climate change mitigation.
At the ceremony, opened by the President of COP 28, Al Jaber, Angola was represented by the Ministers of Environment, Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Energy and Water and the Angolan Ambassador to the UAE, respectively, Ana Paula de Carvalho, Diamantino Azevedo, Baptista Borges and Júlio Maiato. VIC/VC/DOJ
