Diass Solar Power Station Explained

Diass Solar Power Station
Country:Senegal
Coordinates:14.6528°N -17.1031°W
Location:Diass, M'bour Department, Thiès Region
Status:O
Commissioned:22 May 2022
Cost:€20 Million
Owner:Senelec
Operator:Senelec
Solar Type:PV
Ps Site Area:40ha
Ps Units Planned:85248
Ps Electrical Capacity:23MW

The Diass Power Station (French: Centrale solaire de Diass) is a 23MW solar power plant in Senegal. The power station was commissioned on 22 May 2022 by the President of Senegal Macky Sall and his guest Olaf Scholz, the Chancellor of Germany. The solar farm is owned and operated by Société nationale d'électricité du Sénégal (Senelec), the national public electricity utility parastatal company. The power station was constructed with loan financing from the German Development Bank. Senelec integrates the energy from this renewable energy source into the Senegalese national electricity grid.[1] [2]

Location

The power station is located on a 40ha piece of land in the settlement of Diass (also Ndiass), in M'bour Department, in the Thiès Region of Senegal.[1] This is approximately 54km (34miles), by road, southeast of Dakar, the national capital and largest city in that country. The geographical coordinates of the Diass Solar Farm are:14°39'10.0"N, 17°06'11.0"W (Latitude:14.652778; Longitude:-17.103056).

Overview

In May 2022, Senegal's installed generation capacity was reported as 1,555 MW. At that time, the majority of electricity sources were from non-renewable fossil-fuel, with solar accounting for only 112 MW. This power station is part of the national plan to diversify the country's generation mix.[1]

The solar park comprises 85,248 photovoltaic modules, eight inverters and sixteen transformers. High voltage transmission wires transmit the energy to a Senelec substation in Kael, where the energy is integrated into the national grid.[2]

Funding

The power station is reported to have cost €20 million to construct. KfW of Germany loaned a portion of that total to the government of Senegal.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senegal: The Diass solar power plant (23 MWp) officially comes into service . Afrik21.africa . 27 May 2022 . Jean Marie Takouleu . 29 May 2022 . Paris, France.
  2. Web site: Energy – Senegalese-German cooperation: A new photovoltaic power plant built in Diass . Lequotidien.sn . 23 May 2022 . Le Quotidien . 29 May 2022 . Dakar, Senegal.