Within the framework of the Angola 2025 Plan, set by the Angolan government to increase electrification rates using environmentally friendly energy sources, over one million people in 60 communes of Angola will benefit from electricity from the public grid. Continuing the electrification efforts in Angola, an event for the laying of the cornerstone of the Rural Electrification Project in the Province of Moxico took place on the afternoon of Thursday, November 16, in the Municipality of Luau. The ceremony, chaired by the Minister of Energy and Water, alongside the Provincial Governor Ernesto Muangala, and attended by ambassadors from the Republic of Portugal, Francisco Alegre, and the Federal Republic of Germany, Stefan Traumann, as well as renewable energy ambassadors, the Vice-Provincial Governor, and senior officials from the energy sector, including DNNER, PRODE, ENDE, and the Project Patron, the Esteemed Musician Matias Damásio.
Following the groundbreaking ceremony and the laying of the foundation stone to initiate construction, a contract was signed between the public company PRODEL, representing the Angolan government as the project owner, and the Portuguese group MCA, acting as the main contractor.
Minister João Baptista Borges emphasized that the project, part of the priorities outlined by the Head of the Executive Power, João Lourenço, aims to provide access to electricity for thousands of families living in remote areas of the country, to boost economic and social development in these regions.
Regarding the design and development, engineering project, hybrid construction, and photovoltaic generation with storage system using lithium-ion batteries, along with the expansion of the electrical grid with new distribution networks in a total of 12 locations, will enable the country to have cleaner and cheaper energy, with plans to connect approximately 59,000 households with prepaid connections, benefiting over 370,000 people.
In Luau, the beneficiaries of this significant project are expected to reach around 59,370 individuals. Additionally, a photovoltaic park with 55,500 solar panels, producing 58MWp, will be constructed.
The Rural Electrification Project in Luau is budgeted at over €1,027,587,914.00, with completion expected within three years (36 months) from the date of contract signing between both parties.
At the end of the event, the minister visited the municipality of Luena to assess the progress of the implementation of the photovoltaic park in the city center (Luena), which is currently at 95% completion in terms of physical structure and will have a capacity of 26,906 MWdc.
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