Togo: Government to spend about CFA1.5bn to electrify 62 rural communities with solar power this year

Energy
Thursday, 22 March 2018 02:50
Togo: Government to spend about CFA1.5bn to electrify 62 rural communities with solar power this year

(Togo First) - Togo’s government intends to spend about a billion and half CFA in 2018 to boost access to off-grid energy in 62 rural communities. The preferred power source is photovoltaic.

This was revealed in the detailed budget released by the ministry of economy and finance last Tuesday.

The project covers all of the country’s five regions and is the first of three stages falling under the Solar Energy Valorization Programme (PROVES) which is valued at CFA80 billion.

By the end of 2018, the project which is steered by the ministry of energy and mines should provide electricity to more than 12,000 rural households.

The project is backed by the West African Development Bank and WAEMU’s Energy Development Fund (EDF) which will respectively provide CFA6 billion and CFA14.2 billion. EDF, let’s note, expects clean energy to reach an 82% coverage within the union by 2030.

The rural electrification project based on solar PV is part of the government’s strategy to boost electrification rate to 90% by 2030.

Fiacre E. kakpo

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