The government of Burkina Faso has just launched the construction of two 30 MWp photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants as part of its World Bank supported Power Sector Support Project (Pasel). The installations will be located in the cities of Koudougou and Kaya. The government of Burkina Faso is stepping up initiatives to increase the […]
Fekola to install 17MW/15MWh energy storage system
Technology group Wärtsilä will optimise the energy system at Fekola Mine, located in a remote region in southwest Mali. This is needed to improve the mine’s operations, reduce fuel consumption, and lessen the carbon emissions. Wärtsilä has been contracted to design and engineer a cutting-edge 17MW/15MWh energy storage system based on the company’s GEMS energy […]
Burkina Faso: African Development Bank approves €48,82 million for Desert to Power Yeleen programme to increase solar generation
The Board of Directors of the Bank has approved a €48,82 million loan to the Government of Burkina Faso for the Yeleen solar plant, intended to boost national power supply. Yeleen, which is to be implemented under the Bank’s Desert to Power ( DTP) Initiative, and which will span a period of five years from […]
BURKINA FASO: Africa Ren will develop 30 MW of solar energy in the west
Africa Ren, a French company dedicated to renewable energy production in Africa, has recently signed agreements with the municipality of Bobo-Dioulasso 6 in western Burkina Faso to build a 30 megawatt (MW) solar power plant. The project is illustrated as the launch of a vast solar project in Burkina Faso. The West African country plans […]