Scatec, by way of its Release answer, continues its enlargement in Cameroon by considerably growing its photo voltaic and vitality storage installations. The Release answer, which makes use of photo voltaic panels and cell batteries, affords unprecedented flexibility due to easy, modular rental contracts. This technique has confirmed profitable, strengthening the collaboration between Scatec and ENEO, the nationwide electrical energy firm of Cameroon. The new services be part of the Maroua and Guider solar energy crops, which had been commissioned in September 2023 with an preliminary capability of 35.8 MW of solar energy and 19 MWh of storage. This enlargement of 28.6 MW of photo voltaic and 19.2 MWh of batteries will deliver the overall capability to 64.4 MW of photo voltaic and 38.2 MWh of storage. These tasks are financially supported by the capital injection made final yr with Climate Fund Managers, which has a 32% stake in Release.
Impact on vitality manufacturing
Hans Olav Kvalvaag, CEO of Release, emphasised that this extension displays the success of the preliminary tasks and the advantages of their revolutionary providing. The enhance in put in capability in Cameroon confirms Scatec’s dedication to this key market, providing dependable and environment friendly vitality options. The impression of this enlargement is important. According to ENEO, these tasks will provide electrical energy to almost 200,000 houses, producing an annual output of roughly 141.5 GWh of electrical energy. Combined with the storage capability, these installations will assure a secure energy provide, even throughout peak hours.
Market imaginative and prescient and technique
Amine Homman Ludiye, CEO of ENEO Cameroon, expressed his renewed confidence in Scatec to double the capability of the Guider and Maroua solar energy crops. This enlargement will allow ENEO to additional guarantee vitality manufacturing within the northern areas and enhance the standard of service for households and business. These efforts are a part of ENEO’s technique to supply extra dependable vitality in keeping with the targets of the Cameroon authorities. For his half, HE Gaston Eloundou Essomba, Minister of Water and Energy of Cameroon, emphasised the advantages of this partnership, particularly the discount of energy outages and dependence on diesel, thus producing important financial savings for presidency. The tasks carried out in partnership with Izuba Energy and Sphinx Energy illustrate a collaborative success and a major step ahead for the vitality sector in Cameroon.
Scatec’s enlargement of photo voltaic and storage tasks in Cameroon represents a strategic step within the improvement of the nation’s vitality infrastructure. This initiative strengthens the place of Scatec and ENEO as main gamers within the African vitality sector, and paves the way in which for additional investments and partnerships.