Renewable powerActive
Ghoubet wind farm (Red Sea Power)
Red Sea Power's 60 MW wind farm near Lake Goubet was inaugurated on 10 September 2023. FMO, one of its shareholders, reported that it raised Djibouti's generating capacity by half and avoids 252,500 tonnes of CO2 a year.
Image credit
Sunset over the Bay of Ghoubet, Djibouti. Local landscape context; the wind farm is not pictured.Location context · gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0 · 2008 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorRed Sea Power
EcosystemUtility-scale wind farm
StandardNot stated
StatusActive
LocationGhoubet, Arta Region, Djibouti
Overview
Inside the project
The $122 million project has 17 Siemens turbines of 3.4 MW and sells its power to Electricité de Djibouti under a long-term purchase agreement.
Africa Finance Corporation holds 51 percent, FMO and Climate Fund Managers' Climate Investor One 19.5 percent each, and Great Horn Investment Holding 10 percent. A further 45 MW is planned.
60 MW
Installed capacity
17 turbines
Siemens, 3.4 MW each
252,500 t CO2/yr
Avoided (FMO)
122 million USD
Investment
Objectives
- Add renewable capacity to Djibouti's grid
- Expand by a further 45 MW
Approach
- An independent power producer builds and runs the farm and sells electricity to the national utility under a long-term contract.
Sources
Inspect 1 source
- fmo.nl ↗https://www.fmo.nl/news-detail/438cc35f-3075-4c21-a058-8899fc24564f/djibouti-inaugurates-red-sea-power-country-s-first-wind-farm
Documented by one public source so far.
Explore related climate work
Find other projects and tools for monitoring, restoration and climate adaptation.
Browse projectsBrowse tools