Cameroonian engineer leads €38 mln solar expansion to 64 MW
Although officially led by Norwegian firm Scatec through its subsidiary Release, the project has also relied on Cameroonian expertise since the first phase was delivered in 2023.
In Cameroon, policy support for solar PV is increasing with a wave of economic incentives such as a tax break of 10 years for solar PV developers (Ngalame, 2022) and the exemption from value-added tax (VAT) on imported solar accessories (Cameroon National Assembly, 2011; Electricity Sector Regulatory Agency, 2015).
The energy potentials in Cameroon are such that biomass resources are not evenly distributed across the country (huge biomass and hydro resources are concentrated in the southern part, while high wind and solar resources are in the Northern part); hence, there is a need for diversity in energy supply.
The renewable energy ambitions within the Cameroon NDCs anticipate power generation by 2035 from non-renewable large hydro (15,607 GWh), small hydro (2,579 GWh), wind energy (464 GWh), solar PV (1,345 GWh), biomass (1,611 GWh), and natural gas (1,882 GWh).
The government of Cameroon has set an ambitious vision to expand access to electricity, increase the use of renewable energy, boost power generation, and strengthen transmission capacity to meet a surge in demand, projected to quadruple by 2035.
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