Following wins from two large Chinese companies – China International Water & Electric Corp. (CWE) and the Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina), a total of 1 GW of Astronergy n-type TOPCon solar modules will be shipped to Algeria to support the country’s 2000 MW solar plant construction plan.
The plan involves a photovoltaic power plant construction proposed by Sonelgaz, Algeria’s state-owned power utility, to build 15 solar power plants in the country’s 12 provinces, with capacities ranging from 80 to 220 MW. Most of the projects included in the plan are to be constructed by Chinese companies.
Astronergy have won six major projects, all PV, namely Abadla 80 MW plant, Batemete 220 MW, Gueltet Sidi Saad 200 MW, Douar El Maa 200 MW, Ouled Djellal 80 MW, and Biskra 220 MW, which will be constructed by CWE and PowerCH respectively.
Among these projects, the 220 MW Biskra project, one of the largest in the 2000 MW plan, has already started construction. It employs Astronergy’s AstroTRO N5 TOPCon solar modules.
According to local media reports, Algeria’s minister of Energy and Mining, Mohamed Alkab, said at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Biskra project that it will promote economic development, and have far-reaching significance for improving Algeria’s energy structure and realising the energy transition strategy.
Upon completion, the project is expected to generate approximately 400 million kWh of clean electricity annually, equivalent to a reduction of 330 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
