Togo Outdoor Power New Field

This power plant increases Togo's electricity production capacity by 50%. Blitta Solar Plant The Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed solar power plant or Blitta's solar plant (located in the central region, 262 km from Lomé) was built by AMEA Togo Solar, a subsidiary of AMEA Power, and inaugurated in June 2021.

In Togo, rural electricity projects are steered by the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Agency. Several companies, including BBOXX, EDF, and Sun King-Soleva, are actively working to promote universal access to electricity by developing innovative technologies and providing solar energy services to communities not connected to the grid.

In its first phase, the project should reach 33,000 households. Togo hopes to achieve 100% electricity coverage by 2030, against 59% now. By then, the share of renewables in the energy mix should be 50%, according

Togo plans to build two more solar plants in the coming years, one in Salimde, (In the Tchaoudjo prefecture) and the other in Awandjelo (Kozah). Last June, the BOAD approved a CFA25 billion financing for the construction of the Awandjelo plant. The latter should generate an additional 42 MWp, and bring renewables' share in Togo's energy mix to 40.

With an initial capacity of 30 MWp, this PV plant has over 5,000 solar panels and is expected to generate approximately 90,255 MWh per year. Its output should cover around 158,333 Togolese households.

Its output should cover around 158,333 Togolese households. AMEA power, a subsidiary of Al Nowais Investissement (ANI) based in the United Arab Emirates, was awarded the right to operate the plant for a period of 25 years with the specification to contribute to the saving of one million tons of CO2 emissions.