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Will a solar power plant reduce electricity costs in Mogadishu?

Beco, the company that provides the public electricity service in the city of Mogadishu, has recently installed a photovoltaic solar power plant there. The objective is to reduce electricity costs in the Somali capital. The company plans to increase the capacity of the solar power plant to 100 MWp in the coming years.

What is the capacity of Mogadishu solar power plant?

The Mogadishu solar photovoltaic power plant has a capacity of 8 MWp. The Beco company has the ambition to increase the plant’s capacity to 100 MWp, with an investment of 40 million dollars. Pending the expansion of the solar power plant by 2022, the utility will continue to rely on its power generators to supply the Somali capital.

How many people in Mogadishu have no electricity?

According to the World Bank’s 2018 report, more than 64% of the population has no access to electricity. Beco, the company that provides the public electricity service in the city of Mogadishu, has recently installed a photovoltaic solar power plant there.

Will a solar power plant in Somalia be 100 MWp?

The company plans to increase the capacity of the solar power plant to 100 MWp in the coming years. A photovoltaic solar power plant is now operational in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The plant was recently commissioned by Beco, Somalia’s main electricity supplier.

Can businesses use electricity in Somalia?

“As businesses, we were only allowed to use electricity to keep the lights on and sometimes charge our mobile phones.” It was not enough that electricity supply was unreliable; at 35.3%, Somalia’s electrification rate trails the East Africa average rate of 39.8% and the Sub-Saharan Africa average of 47.7%.

Does Somalia have a national electricity grid?

The solar plant also increases the installed capacity of the capital Mogadishu. Beco’s facilities provide a total of 35 MW, compared to an estimated demand of 200 MW. Somalia does not have a national electricity grid. It collapsed along with the government at the start of the civil war in 1991.