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.
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.
CHARACTERIZING RESOURCES AND LOADS IN MOGADISHU In order to build the daily load profile of Mogadishu city, this study analyzed the power production of the three private electric suppliers in the area: BECO, MPS, and Blue-Sky. These companies generate the electricity that powers the city, with each one operating independently.
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.
The multi-energy hybrid power systems using solar energy can be generally grouped in three categories. The first category is the hybrid complement of solar and fossil energies, including solar-coal, solar-oil and solar-natural gas hybrid systems.
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.
Somalia: Beco builds 8 MWp solar power plant 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.
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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 …
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Beco builds 8 MWp solar power plant 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.
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