- This PV power plant is the first power plant in the country to be commissioned under a Public-Private Partnership for independent electricity production.
- This project, carried out by GreenYellow, aims to strengthen the country’s energy security with a renewable and sustainable energy solution.
- This project strengthens GreenYellow’s presence and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Led by the Société de Production d’Energie Solaire de Ouagadougou (SPES), a GreenYellow subsidiary resulting from a shareholders’ agreement with the local SME Africa Energie Corporation (AEC), GreenYellow has inaugurated its 30 MWp power plant in Nagréongo, Burkina Faso.
This project responds to the energy challenge facing Burkina Faso, which has one of the weakest power grids in Sub-Saharan Africa and a high energy demand. The level of sunshine in the country makes it possible to meet this energy security challenge through the development of PV energy. In addition, deploying a clean energy solution that is
designed to last will allow the country to take a long-term approach to the fight against global warming.
This project is part of a public-private partnership signed with the Burkinabe government in 2019. All the electricity produced by the PV power plant will be sold to the national company SONABEL. The project was entirely developed, financed and built by GreenYellow, which will also operate and maintain the plant. A loan of €21 million was granted by the Dutch Development Bank FMO to GreenYellow for the construction of this PV plant.
“GreenYellow is proud to inaugurate the Nagreongo PV project which, thanks to its decentralized model, will contribute in a concrete way to the decarbonization of the Burkinabe energy mix and to the reduction of its dependence on energy imports,” said Robinson Alazraki, General Manager of GreenYellow Africa.
A propos de GreenYellow
GreenYellow, filiale énergétique du groupe Casino, est devenu en 15 ans un acteur majeur de la transition énergétique en France et à l’international et un véritable allié des entreprises et des collectivités dans ce domaine.
Expert de la production solaire photovoltaïque décentralisée, des projets d’efficacité énergétique et des services à l’énergie, GreenYellow propose à ses clients une plateforme unique et globale, pour faire de leur transition énergétique une réalité bénéfique et engagée.
Opérant dans 16 pays sur 4 continents, GreenYellow enrichit constamment son offre, grâce à l’innovation, pour répondre aux besoins des acteurs privés et publics et les accompagner dans la réduction de leur empreinte écologique.
En 2018, GreenYellow a associé à son développement Tikehau Capital et Bpifrance, qui détiennent désormais
24 % du capital de la société.
CONTACTS PRESSE :
Juliette Prost – 06 72 47 53 28 – juliette.prost@plead.fr
Margaux Wacheux – 06 75 62 26 41 – margaux.wacheux@plead.fr
