- The solar photovoltaic plant will have a capacity of 36 MWp.
- The special-purpose company has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Chad’s National Electricity Company (SNE).
Egyptian company Elsewedy Electric T&D has signed a contract with its developer D’jermaya CDEN Energy (DCE), to build the D’jermaya solar power plant. The solar photovoltaic plant will have a capacity of 36 MWp.
Good news for Elsewedy Electric T&D. The Egyptian company Elsewedy Electric subsidiary has just signed the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the D’jermaya solar power plant being developed 30 km from the capital N’Djamena. Under the terms of the agreement signed with the project’s developer, D’jermaya CDEN Energy (DCE), Elsewedy will also be responsible for testing and commissioning the 36 MWp solar photovoltaic plants.
Elsewedy’s contract also covers constructing an 8 MWh electricity storage system, a 33 kV overhead transmission line and two 25 MVA (90 kV) power transformers for interconnection with the grid from the Lamadji substation. “This pioneering project will make it possible to achieve the Chadian government’s national development objectives: to liberalise the energy sector, mobilise private investment and promote the development of renewable energies in Chad,” says Elsewedy Electric T&D.
The Cairo-based company was chosen in a tender launched in 2020. All the conditions are now in place to start work on the project, as DCE has already raised the necessary funding to construct its solar power plant. This involves €36.6 million pledged by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), and Proparco, the private sector financing arm of the French Development Agency (AFD).
InfraCo Africa, Smart Energies and Neo Themis own D’jermaya CDEN Energy. The special-purpose company has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Chad’s National Electricity Company (SNE). The 36 MWp plant is only the first phase of a 60 MWp project planned for a 100-hectare site.