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Gorou Banda Solar Power Plant

AFD's project page describes the construction of a 20 MW photovoltaic power plant at Gorou Banda, Niamey, to improve living conditions for some 18,000 customers. AFD's financing is €28.5 million.

Gorou Banda, Commune V, Niamey, NigerUtility-scale solar PVNone
Image credit
Dunes near Niamey, in Bitinkodji commune, Niger. Regional landscape context, 14km west of the city; the solar plant is not pictured.Location context · Vincent van Zeijst · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2019 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorNIGELEC
EcosystemUtility-scale solar PV
StandardNone
StatusActive
LocationGorou Banda, Commune V, Niamey, Niger
Overview

Inside the project

AFD lists the project as starting on 1 September 2017 and running for five years, with expected output of 34 GWh of renewable electricity a year.

Reports of the plant's commissioning in 2023 describe a larger installation than AFD's financing-stage figures; the figures shown here are AFD's.

20 MW
Capacity (AFD financing stage)
28.5M EUR
AFD financing
34 GWh/yr
Expected renewable output
18,000 customers
Expected to benefit

Objectives

  • Improve electricity supply for about 18,000 customers

Approach

  • A photovoltaic power plant financed by AFD to improve access to electricity in Niamey, built under the aegis of the national utility NIGELEC.

Sources

Inspect 3 sources
  1. afd.fr ↗https://www.afd.fr/en/carte-des-projets/improving-access-electricity-constructing-photovoltaic-power-plant
  2. en.wikipedia.org ↗https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gourou_Banda_Solar_Power_Station
  3. africa-energy-portal.org ↗https://africa-energy-portal.org/news/niger-4-months-after-coup-detat-gorou-banda-solar-farm-comes-stream

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