- A 25MW solar PV plant will be inaugurated in the municipality of Pobe, Benin.
- French firm RMT Eiffage is handling the installation.
The government of Benin is set to inaugurate its first large-scale solar photovoltaic power plant. The plant is situated in Pobe community and has a capacity of 25 MWp.
According to a report by Afrik Africa, the power plant constructed by the French company RMT Eiffage is equipped with 47,212 solar modules, 113 inverters, six transformer stations of 3,515 kVA each, a computer-assisted automatic control of the power plant, monitoring systems and anti-intrusion security. The electricity produced, with a capacity of 25 MWp, is evacuated via two 20 kilovolt (HTA) lines of 25 MWp each, over a distance of 3 km. The electricity is injected into the network of the Société béninoise d’énergie électrique (SBEE) via the Onigbolo substation.
According to the Beninese government, the Illoulofin photovoltaic solar power plant is capable of supplying 40,000 homes. Its construction required an investment of 39.7 billion CFA francs, or 60.5 million euros. Financing was provided by the Beninese government through loans from the European Union (EU) and the French Development Agency (AFD).