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The infrastructure, located around ten kilometres from the capital Niamey, was built under the aegis of Nigerien Electricity Company (NIGELEC) with a view to improving the city's electricity supply. Niamey, the capital of Niger (population 1.5 million), has just seen an improvement in its electricity supply.
FIND IT! Mahaman Moustapha Barké, Niger's Minister of Energy, has announced the commissioning of a 30 MWp photovoltaic solar power plant. The infrastructure, located around ten kilometres from the capital Niamey, was built under the aegis of Nigerien Electricity Company (NIGELEC) with a view to improving the city's electricity supply.
The plant is equipped with 55,776 solar panels installed on a 27-hectare site located only 12km from the capital Niamey. The plant will begin operating on August 25, 2023, which is when it is anticipated to be connected to Niger’s national electricity grid.
This has been made possible by the commissioning of the Gourou Banda solar power plant, with a capacity of 30 MWp. Equipped with 55,608 solar panels, each with an output of 540 W, this is the largest solar photovoltaic park in operation in Niger.
In an announcement made on national television on Sunday 26 November 2023, Niger’s Minister of Energy, Mahaman Moustapha Barké, said that the commissioning of the Gourou Banda solar power plant would reduce the load shedding that the country had been experiencing for more than three months.
The construction of this power station (over a two-year period) required the mobilisation of 30 million euros (20 billion CFA francs), financed to the tune of 23.5 million euros by the French Development Agency (AFD) in the form of a loan, 5 million euros by the European Union (EU) and the remaining 1.5 million by the State of Niger.
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