In discussion for several months, the agreement between the government of Côte d’Ivoire and the renewable specialist in the Middle East, Masdar, has just materialized in Abu Dhabi. The partnership between the two parties will lead to the establishment of a solar power plant with a maximum capacity of 70 megawatts (MW).
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How Côte d’Ivoire navigates between electricity for all and green ambitions
It is the meeting of two ambitions. Abidjan wants to increase the share of renewables in its energy mix to 45% by 2030. The Emirati giant, for its part, wants to reach a capacity of 20 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy in Africa by 2035 as part of Etihad 7, a United Arab Emirates initiative for the deployment of renewable energy on the continent.
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“The framework agreement that we have just signed with Masdar will contribute, in addition to the other initiatives that the government is undertaking, to achieving our objective “, a
