Small solar power plants will soon be built in Senegal. Part of this power generation infrastructure will be provided by Dhybrid. The German company has recently been chosen by Omexom, a division of Vinci Energies, following a call for tenders. The company, based in Gauting, Bavaria, has therefore signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for several hybrid solar power plants.

With a total production capacity of 2 MW, the mini hybrid power plants will be equipped with batteries with a storage capacity of 2 MWh. Storage systems composed of lithium-ion batteries will be installed in containers. The plants will also operate with diesel generators. The objective is to obtain an alternative to sunlight. All the hybrid solar parks will provide electricity to 140,000 people in remote areas of the Thiès region in western Senegal, Tambakounda and Kolda in the east and the Saloum Islands.

Senegalese authorities, in addition to providing electricity in rural areas that have not yet been electrified, the solar power plants, which Dhybrid will install, will avoid 19,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year, the equivalent of a car that covers 135 million km. These hybrid power plants will be all the more important in these villages where local residents often charge their mobile phones with generators.

Project finance by The KFW Financing

Dhybrid’s mini solar power plants will operate with “Scada”, an automated solar power plant management system. Using software installed in computers, the German company will remotely control the interaction between diesel generators, inverters installed on solar panels and the electricity storage system. The objective is to minimise electricity costs and CO2 emissions.