- The German company Gauff Engineering is commissioning more than 60 solar-powered mini-grids in the Kolda region in southern Senegal.
- These installations will allow the productive use of electricity, were recently inaugurated in the presence of officials from the Senegalese Rural Electrification Agency (ASER).
Senegal’s rural areas must be electrified using mini-grids using by projects carried out in collaboration with private companies like Gauff Engineering. The German company, with its headquarters in Nuremberg, has just put 60 solar mini-grids into operation in Kolda, a region in Upper Casamance, in southern Senegal. A day’s journey from the capital Dakar, in the districts of Velingara, Medina, and Kolda, at least five of these institutions were recently dedicated.
The freshly opened facilities allow for electrification as well as the efficient utilization of electricity. In more tangible terms, equipment including irrigation pumps and apparatus for processing and transforming agricultural goods will be provided to the local community, who is primarily made up of farmers.
The 44 installations that have already been given over and put into use in the Kaffrine region near the Gambian border, along with the mini-grids in the Kolda region, total 48. Gauff is preparing to commission 80 additional mini-grids in northern Senegal in the interim. The German business and Aser have agreed to work together on the ASER 300 project as part of an engineering, procurement, and project management (EPPM) agreement. Gauff, the project’s owner, will be in charge of electrifying 300 Senegalese villages.
This will be accomplished by constructing mini-grids with electrical storage systems and capacities ranging from 15 to 45 kWp, as well as 25,000 poles to support 840 km of power lines. The ASER 300 project also aims to improve public lighting through the installation of 3,600 solar street lamps.