Construction completed for 60 MW Wind farm in Djibouti

Djibouti Government has Inaugurated a 60 MW Red Sea Power (RSP) wind farm near Lake Goubet.

The project, with a total value of US$122 million, encompasses 17 Siemens turbines, each with a capacity of 3.4 MW, spread across 387 ha. It features a 220 MVA substation and is connected to the grid through a 5 km overhead transmission line. The developer consortium consists of several entities, including the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) as the lead developer, the Dutch development bank FMO, Climate Fund Managers, and Great Horn Investment Holding, an investment firm affiliated with the Djibouti Ports & Free Zones Authority and Djibouti Sovereign Fund. The generated electricity will be supplied under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) to Electricité de Djibouti (EDD), the national state-owned utility.

Additionally, the developer consortium has also established a solar-powered desalination plant at the same site, providing approximately 40 liters of drinking water per day to 800 residents in two nearby villages.