Hitachi ABB Power Grids partners on Africa’s largest solar project
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has joined forces with Sun Africa and M. Couto Alves, part of the EPC conglomerate, to supply the main electrical infrastructure to connect sub-Saharan Africa’s largest solar project to Angola’s transmission.
The initial stage of the project will include the construction of a 188MWp solar power plant and six other solar power plants to electrify homes in the southern African country. The project is being financed under the Swedish Export Credit System, comprising the Swedish Export Credit Corporation and Swedish Export Credit Agency. The project supports the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 7 – ensuring that all people have access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Nikola Krneta, CEO of Sun Africa., said the Development Bank of Southern Africa and The Korea Trade Insurance Corporation also supported the project.
