As part of the implementation of the Chad Energy Access Expansion Project (PAAET) – part of the Mission 300 initiative – 145,000 solar kits are being distributed at subsidized rates to households across the country's 23 provinces. Each kit, valued at $100, is sold for the equivalent of $20. The. Abu Dhabi-based Global South Utilities has commissioned Chad's first utility-scale solar plant, a 50 MW facility in N'Djamena with 5 MWh of storage to supply 274,000 homes. D eveloped by Global South Utilities (GSU), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi's Resources Investment LTD, the project is equipped with 81,000 solar panels and 158. Chad has one of Africa's highest solar penetration rates, a result of a small power system with just 12% electrification, as large-scale solar and storage projects gather pace around N'Djamena, even as political uncertainty over oil revenues constrains faster deployment. The facility combines 50MW of solar PV capacity with a 5 MWh BESS. Credit: Anna Yordanova/Shutterstock.
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