- Angola focuses on increasing the electricity rate.
- Significant progress was made in electricity production between 2017 and 2022.
- The National Strategy for Renewable Energies envisions installing solar plants with a capacity of 55 gigawatts.
Angola has set as its main goal to increase the country’s access to electricity from 42.8% to 50% by 2025, according to Joo Baptista Borges, minister of Energy and Water. The minister stated at the start of the International Conference on Renewable Energies in Angola 2022 that the Ministry of Energy will work to increase the electrification rate by 7.2%.
According to Joo Borges, energy expansion is underway with the interconnection of the central/south and north/east regions, incorporating at least seven provinces and expanding the distribution network within the country. Mr Borges emphasized that the goal is to achieve at least 72% of the energy matrix’s contribution from clean sources by 2025, assuming the continuous development of the Energy Security Strategy and the construction of projects with new non-conventional renewable energy sources.
According to the official, significant progress was made in electricity production between 2017 and 2022, with capacity reaching six gigawatts, an increase of more than 50%. He noted that two electrification projects encompassing the eastern and southern regions were recently approved, benefiting over one million people by installing one gigawatt of photovoltaic energy.
The National Strategy for Renewable Energies envisions installing solar plants with a capacity of 55 gigawatts, nearly ten times the country’s current installed capacity. The factor will be critical in maintaining reservoir levels at the main dams and reducing diesel and gas thermal production.
At the two-day international conference, topics such as “the state of play of renewable energy in Angola and opportunities for the future”, “Institutional and legal framework”, “National energy profile”, “Energy projects Grid-connected renewable energy projects”, “Off-grid and self-consumption renewable energy projects”, “Green hydrogen for energy transition”, “Education and training”, and “Financing of renewable energy projects”.