The Ayémé Solar Power Station is a proposed 120 megawatts

solar power Solar power is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or indirectly using concentrated solar power. Photovoltaic cells convert light into an electric current using the photovoltaic e ...

plant in Gabon. The power station is under development by ''Solen'', an independent power producer (IPP). The solar farm will be developed in two phases of 60 megawatts each. The energy generated at this power station is expected to be sold to the ''Energy and Water Company of Gabon'' (Société d’Energie et d’Eau du Gabon) (SEEG), for distribution in

Libreville Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon. Occupying in the northwestern province of Estuaire, Libreville is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904. The area has been inh ...

, the capital city of the county and its surrounding metropolis.

Location

The power station is under construction in the village of ''Ayémé Plaine'', located in

Komo Department Komo Department is a department of Estuaire Province in western Gabon. The capital lies at Kango. The department had a population of 17,575 in 2013. Towns and villages *Zoulameyong Zoulameyong is a town in Komo Department, Estuaire Province, ...

Estuaire Province Estuaire is the most populous of Gabon's nine provinces. It covers an area of 20,740 km. The provincial capital is Libreville, which is also Gabon's national capital. The province is named for the Gabon Estuary, which lies at the heart of ...

, approximately , north-northeast of Libreville.

Overview

As of March 2022, Gabon's installed electricity generation capacity was reported as 750 megawatts. Of this, about 50 percent is sourced from

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. The remaining portion is sourced from hydropower and fossil-fuel sources. The Government of Gabon has ambitions to source 80 percent of its grid supply from

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sources by 2030. The design to this solar farm calls for a generation capacity of 120 megawatts, when fully developed. The power station will be developed in two phases of 60 megawatts each. The power is primarily for use in Libreville, where 250 megawatts of new generation are needed by 2023, in order to comply with previous environmental emissions commitments.

Developers

The company that owns and is developing this power station, is called Solen. Solen specializes in building solar power stations in Africa. The company is based in France. In addition, Solen is expected to train the staff of SEEG, the Gabonese electric utility parastatal, in the operation and maintenance of solar power stations.

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