Quilemba Solar Power Station

The Quilemba Solar Power Station is a planned 35 MW solar power plant in Angola. The power station is in the development stage, by a consortium comprising Total Eren, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, the French oil conglomerate, in collaboration with  Greentech-Angola Environment Technology and Sonangol, the Angolan energy parastatal.

Location
The power station is located in the city of Lubango, the capital of Angola's Huila Province, in southwest Angola, approximately 900 km, by road, south of Luanda, the country's capital.

Overview
The power station is designed to have generation capacity of 35 megawatts. Its output is intended to be sold directly to the Empresa Rede Nacional de Transporte de Electricidade (RNT), the national electricity transportation utility company, for integration into the national grid, under a long-term power purchase agreement. On 30 November 2020, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed by the developers of this power station and the government of Angola for the design, financing, construction and operation of Quilemba Solar Power Station, with generation capacity of 35 megawatts.

The Angolan government is in the process of expanding national electricity generation from the current (2021) 5.01 GW to 9.9 GW by 2025, of which 800 MW is sourced from renewable sources.

Developers
The table below illustrates the corporate entities who own a stake in the special purpose vehicle (SPV) company "Quilemba Solar Company":

As of April 2021, discussions are ongoing, seeking the participation of Sonangol, the national oil company of Angola, in the development consortium. In October 2021, Sonangol agreed to take a 30 percent shareholding in Quilemba Solar Company, the SPV company.

Benefits
The energy generated by this power station is expected to reduce the country's electricity deficit and to increase the proportion of the Angolan population who are connected to grid electricity.