Chad inaugurates first utility-scale solar project
Located near N''Djamena, the facility includes a 5 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) and is expected to supply electricity to 274,000 homes, reducing the country''s
Despite the significant levels of solar irradiation in Chad, the off grid solar market remains at its nascent stage, with significant entry barriers. Actual budget transfers to the sector have roughly doubled over four years to reach US$76 million in 2018, with no tangible improvement in the access rate or quality of service.
To proposed Chad Energy Access Scale Up Project will complement the ongoing activities and accelerate access in secondary cities via mini-grids and in rural areas – via SSS.
Despite the endowment of fossil fuels and solar resources, Chad has among the lowest rates of access to electricity in the world at 6.4 percent (against an Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) average of 48 percent), with significant disparities between urban and rural areas (20 percent urban, 0.6 percent rural)4.
In addition, the cost of electricity service is extraordinarily high in Chad (US$0.43/kWh billed), significantly exceeding the average tariff of US$0.25/kWh. Even for customers with grid connections, unreliable services negatively impact livelihoods, firm productivity and growth potential.
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