UAE’s Masdar says Mauritania solar project 50% completed

Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s future energy company, has announced that it had passed the halfway mark in its project to construct a 16.6MW solar power plant network in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

Masdar broke ground on the project in December and when complete, the network of eight solar power plants will almost double the UAE’s contribution to Mauritania’s renewable energy capacity to a total of 31.6MW.

The plants will supply 30 percent of the electricity demand to the remote communities of Boutilimit, Aleg, Aioune, Akjoujt, Atar, El Chami, Boulenour and Bani Chab, reducing their dependency on diesel-fuelled generators, decreasing annual fuel costs and lowering carbon dioxide emissions.

None of these communities are currently connected to the national grid, Masdar said in a statement.

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