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The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire is planning to build 12 photovoltaic solar plants with a combined capacity of 678 MW in different parts of the country by 2030. Likewise, the government plans to reach 1,686 MW by 2040.

In the northern region of the Côte d'Ivoire, the first phase of a solar power facility has been officially opened. The Boundiali solar power plant's financing was initially revealed in 2018, and details of its commissioning were made public in December 2022.

Likewise, the government plans to reach 1,686 MW by 2040. The Minister of Mines, Oil, and Energy of the Ivory Coast, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, has declared plans to add 678 MW of solar capacity by 2030 and 1,686 MW by 2040. Plans for the 12 new solar plants with a combined capacity of 628 MWp are listed on the government website.

This announcement was made during the dual official commissioning and extension ceremony of the country's first and largest solar power plant ever built in West Africa, recently in Boundiali, in northern Côte d'Ivoire.

The goal for the Ivorian State is to achieve a share of so-called clean energies estimated at 45% in the national energy mix by 2030, compared to 30% today. Finally, this project will eventually prevent more than 70,000 tons per year of carbon dioxide emissions, thereby improving the country's carbon footprint.

The 37.5 MW plant — which is being described as the nation's first significant solar array — will supply electricity to Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricité, the nation's utility. At the solar plant, the second phase of work has begun and is anticipated to be finished by April 2025.