Togo’s Breaking Ground on West Africa’s Largest Solar
Photovoltaic (PV) Project Sets it on a Path Towards Energy Transition.
The project further confirms the growing presence of AMEA
Power in the continent. The UAE-based company has become a serious investor in
Africa’s energy sector and represents the growing appetite of private players
and investors from the Middle East to invest in Africa. At the end of 2019,
Saudi Arabia-based ACWA Power signed two long-term power purchase agreements
for 250MW of solar PV projects in Ethiopia, while state-owned ADNOC is
reportedly looking at several investments into the African upstream oil &
gas sector.
The 50MW Mohamed Bin Zayed Photovoltaic Solar Power Complex is located in Blitta. The project was launched in presence of H.E. Faure E.
Gnassingbe, President of the Republic of Togo, and Hussain Al Nowais, Chairman
of AMEA Power, the company in charge of designing, financing, building,
launching, operating and maintaining the facility.
“AMEA Power is a foreign investor who understands Africa and
has demonstrated a commitment to supporting local content wherever it
operates,” declared Nj Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber and
CEO of the Centurion Law Group. “As public and private sector interest for
Africa grows in the Middle East, such players are most welcomed. Their work in
and with Africa contributes to the development of a sustainable and prosperous
future.”
source: APO
