Biopio Solar Power Station
Solar power station in Angola
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Location
The power station is located in Biópio, in the municipality of Catumbela, in Benguela Province. Biopio is located approximately 52.6 kilometres (32.7 mi), southeast of downtown Catumbela.
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Overview
The power station is a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic panel design. The solar farm occupies 436 hectares (1.68 mi2), on which 509,040 solar panels were installed. The design calls for a generation capacity of 188.8 megawatts. Its output is sold directly to the Empresa Rede Nacional de Transporte de Electricidade (RNT), the national electricity transportation utility company, for integration into the national grid, under a long-term power purchase agreement.
The Angolan government is in the process of expanding national electricity generation from 5.01 GW in 2021 to 9.9 GW by 2025, of which 800 MW is sourced from renewable sources.
Developers and ownership
The table below illustrates the corporate entities who developed the solar farm and their countries of domicile.
As of April 2023, the power station is reported to belong to the Angolan Ministry of Energy and Water.
Construction and funding
The construction costs of this renewable energy infrastructure is reported as US$426.87 million. The project received funding from (1) the Swedish Export Credit Corporation, South Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure), and the Development Bank of Southern Africa.