MADAGASCAR: a 1.8 MWp solar PV power plant comes into service in Antalaha.

The Sava region has a 1.8 MWp photovoltaic solar power plant. The installation located in the town of Antalaha is the result of a joint venture between the French independent power producer (IPP) GreenYellow and the Malagasy group Axian.

A new photovoltaic solar power plant comes into service in Madagascar. The facility is located in Antalaha, a town in the Sava region, northeast of the big island. The plant has a capacity of 1.8 MWp, i.e. an estimated annual power of 3 GWh. The electricity produced is fed into the local grid.

This solar project, which is entering its operational phase, is being developed by Green Energy Solutions (GES Madagascar), a joint venture between the Malagasy group Axian and GreenYellow, an independent power producer (IPP) based in Puteaux in France. “This is the last installation commissioned from the batch of three power plants located in the Sava region. It is added to the NEA Morondava plant for a total installed capacity of 6 MWp. This quartet provides green, local and economical energy to the populations and businesses located in the immediate vicinity of the facilities”, indicates GreenYellow on social networks.

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In the Sava region, the joint venture is also developing hybrid solar projects in Vohémar and Sambava. These plants, which also combine battery storage and emergency generators, are being built under long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed with the public company Jiro sy rano malagasy (Jirama). GES has commissioned several hybrid parks in recent months.

This is the case of the 1 MWp Vohémar power plant recently inaugurated in the presence of the President of the Malagasy Republic Andry Rajoelina. The joint venture also completed the construction of the Morondava solar power plant, which has a capacity of 1.4 MWp. The installation supplies electricity to the businesses and populations of Morondava through the Jirama network. These small solar power plants contribute to the electrification of Madagascar. In this East African country, only 15% of the population has access to electricity, including only 5% in rural areas, according to official figures.

Jean Marie Takouleu

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