The Tenkodogo Power Station, also Zano Solar Power Station, is a

solar power plant A photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant, is a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV system) designed for the supply of merchant power. They are different from most building- ...

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

. The solar farm is under development by a special purpose vehicle (SPV) company called Quadran Burkina Faso S.A. (Zano), created by the owners, to design, finance, build, own, operate and maintain the power station. The energy off-taker is

Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso (SONABEL) is the national electricity company of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with a ...

(SONABEL), the national electricity utility parastatal company, under a long-term power purchase agreement.

Location

The power station would be located in ''Zano Village'', near the town of Tenkodogo, in Boulgou Province, in the Centre-Est Region of the country. Tenkodogo is located approximately southeast of the city of

Ouagadougou Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's n ...

, the national capital.

Overview

The power station has a 24 megawatt capacity. Its output will be sold directly to the SONABEL for integration into the national grid. It has been estimated that the energy generated here could power approximately 75,000 Burkinabe households. The power station, which consists of 54,500 photovoltaic panels, generates 48 GWh annually.

Developers

The power station is owned and is under development by the SPV company called Quadran Burkina Faso S.A. The table below illustrates the shareholding in Quadran Burkina Faso S.A. * MIHIA ("Make It Happen In Africa") is a joint venture between Qair, a French IPP (51 percent) and Stoa Infrastructure & Energy (STOA), a French financial house (49 percent ownership). * STOA is jointly owned by

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(CDC) (83.3 percent ownership) and

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(AFD) (16.7 percent ownership).

Costs, funding, and commissioning

The cost of construction has been reported as €25.7 million (approx. US$30 million). Funding has been provided by a number of development partners, including (1) FMO (Netherlands) (2) Access to Energy Fund (AEF) (3) Proparco. It is anticipated that he completed power station will come online during the second half of 2022.

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