A tender seeking an engineering company for a planned 32MW solar plant in Chad has been published by UK-based Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) and French company Smart Energies International. The planned power plant marks the first phase of a 60MW scheme 30km north of the capital, N’Djamena. The Chadian solar plant is the first phase of the 60MW Djermaya Solar project being developed by the Aldwych Africa Developments unit of UK-based InfraCo Africa – itself part of PIDG – and French renewables developer Smart Energies International. Development of the project will be phased to gradually integrate renewable power into Chad’s national grid. The project will be the first privately owned utility-scale renewable energy project in Chad and will play a leading role in achieving the country’s national development goals, liberalising the energy sector, mobilising private investment, and promoting the development of renewable energy.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 23, 2020 08:26 UTC