- Cleanwatts signs a clean energy contract with the government of São Tomé and Príncipe.
- Cleanwatts will install solar PV plants across the country.
Cleanwatts, a climate tech company, has signed a contract with the government of São Tomé and Príncipe to produce and sell clean energy.
Working with the country’s public utility, the Power & Water Company (EMAE), Cleanwatts will install solar PV plants across the country.
The programme’s first phase will be installing solar PV plants at the national airports in São Tomé (1.100kW) and on the island of Príncipe (300kW). The clean energy produced by these installations will be added directly onto the grid. This will go a long way towards revolutionising both São Tomé and Príncipe’s relationship with energy and addressing gaps in affordability and security of supply.
Cleanwatts Vice Chairman and Co-Founder Basilio Simoes said the two airport projects would take less than three months (for the smaller plant) and up to two years to build. The generation will then be handled through a build and operate/maintain model. Cleanwatts will work closely with Pleno Ambiente STP, a local partner responsible for installing, managing, and maintaining the solar power plant.