Focus on Bissau immigration, focus on Bissau life. According to a report from the Portuguese news agency Lusa, on May 16, the transitional government of Guinea-Bissau held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 10 megawatt photovoltaic power station project in the suburbs of Bissau in collaboration with a renewable energy company from the United States. The project will take 6 months to complete and will provide electricity to 40,000 people in Bissau and Biombo.
According to Minister of Natural Resources and Energy Gomes, Guinea-Bissau will be the first country in the region to have a photovoltaic power station, and this project will help develop the national economy, especially in the rural areas of western Bissau.
The total cost of the project is 30 million USD (approximately 23 million Euros), and it is being constructed by Suntrough Energy, a company based in California with extensive experience in the solar energy sector.
Guinea-Bissau has long faced electricity shortages, primarily relying on diesel generators.
