Puntland's Renewable Energy (Wind/Solar) Development

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Bantu Liberation Movement
VIP
Both solar and wind diminish after sunset so there's a need for a 3rd solution. It took lithium batteries 30 years to reach their current state and they are still not an option for long term energy storage. Bari's geography is fit for pumped hydro storage.


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Ras

It's all so tiresome
VIP
Most the northern coast is perfect for pumped hydro.

Easily cheaper than batteries since we could use domestic manpower and resources for this.

Investors also don't need to worry about theft unlike with solar panels or batteries.

 

Crow

Make Hobyo Great Again
VIP
I didn't realize that this was that much better than batteries. The setup they have would probably have too much evaporation in Puntland and building a closed system might be difficult depending on the size of the reservoir. Too bad we don't have rivers. I wonder if we could use seawater. Are there salt-proof pipes and coatings?
 
I didn't realize that this was that much better than batteries. The setup they have would probably have too much evaporation in Puntland and building a closed system might be difficult depending on the size of the reservoir. Too bad we don't have rivers. I wonder if we could use seawater. Are there salt-proof pipes and coatings?

You could probably use the same pipes they use for desalination plants
 

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Bantu Liberation Movement
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I didn't realize that this was that much better than batteries. The setup they have would probably have too much evaporation in Puntland and building a closed system might be difficult depending on the size of the reservoir. Too bad we don't have rivers. I wonder if we could use seawater. Are there salt-proof pipes and coatings?
It can be done alongside rivers and the sea. Here's a version being created in Duqm, Oman.

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FBIsomalia

True Puntlander
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Equator Energy, the largest owner and operator of B2B solar power plants in East Africa, reports a successful first quarter of solar power generation in Puntland, Somalia, delivering cleaner, cheaper electricity to domestic and industrial consumers.

In March 2020, Equator commissioned two solar power plants totalling 1.6 MW of installed solar capacity. These run in parallel to diesel generators and are located in two major cities in Puntland. Both systems are fully financed and owned by Equator, operating under power purchase agreements with Puntland’s largest privately-owned independent power producer (IPP), Ente Nazionale Energia Electrica (ENEE).

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β€œEquator is a privately owned, fully integrated developer, investor and operator of solar power plants, specialising in emerging and frontier markets.”

ach plant replaces 25 % of the cities’ power requirement with cheaper, cleaner solar energy. Together, the systems save 7,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, equivalent to the per capita annual emissions of ca. 27,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa. With the cost of diesel-generated electricity in Puntland currently between 0.40 – 0.80 USD per kWh, cheaper solar power also allows ENEE to reduce tariffs. Further savings also allow for investment in upgrading and expansion of the grid network, fuelling regional economic growth.

β€œThanks to Equator’s investment-free service, we have been able to benefit from solar savings without having to divert capital away from developing our grid infrastructure,” says ENEE CFO Bashir Muse. β€œWe are now less reliant on diesel and are pleased to see that our generators are requiring less maintenance. Equator has also enabled our technical team to gain much needed experience in solar technology, as well as providing continuous remote support to our staff. We hope that cleaner and cheaper solar energy will help us expand our customer base and enable our local economy to continue
growing.”

The plants are designed, financed, constructed, operated and maintained by Equator, who have a diversified portfolio of grid-tied, diesel-hybrid and off-grid solar power plants across Africa. Equator’s fully-financed business model means clients avoid the significant up-front costs of solar, while still benefitting from cheaper, cleaner solar energy in the long-term.

This project is Equator’s first operation in Puntland, a state in the north-east of Somalia with a population of 3.5m people. The region has one of the highest daily averages of solar radiation in the world yet relies almost entirely on diesel-powered electricity generation; the Puntland government estimates that over 100,000 litres of imported diesel fuel are burned every day. The cost of fuel makes up c60% of power providers’ revenues, making reinvestment into more efficient, sustainable systems very difficult.

In addition to the environmental cost, many IPPs operate inefficient systems, with poor-quality infrastructure. Along with a lack of scaled, interconnected grids, this leads to substantial distribution losses of up to 40% – nearly four times higher than the average rate of loss across African countries.

β€œThis project was our first in the region and we are delighted with how smoothly it has progressed,β€œ says, Sebastian Noethlichs, CEO Equator. β€œOnce our equipment was on site, the two modular installations took our team just under three weeks to complete. Puntland is an extremely exciting market for Equator Energy. With such compelling solar yield and widespread use of expensive diesel generated power, solar can deliver exceptional financial and environmental savings to companies like ENEE. We are excited about expanding our footprint with ENEE as they continue to grow in the years to
come.”

Equator is a privately owned, fully integrated developer, investor and operator of solar power plants, specialising in emerging and frontier markets. Based in Nairobi, Equator operates and develops grid-, diesel- and battery-tied solar power plants throughout Africa. It currently owns and operates over 10 MW of solar projects across more than 25 projects in four countries.

Equator is a joint venture between two companies: Maris and Nvision Energy. Maris is an investment holding company with more than 100m USD under management, focused on sub-Saharan Africa. Nvision.Energy is a solar developer and EPC, with more than a decade of experience delivering solar projects across Europe and Africa.

More information can be found at: www.equatorenergy.net

Source: Sun-Connect
 

Crow

Make Hobyo Great Again
VIP
Puntland having 1.6 MW out of the 10 MW installed capacity by Equator in all of Africa shows how invested they are in the region. The installation taking less than three weeks shows how easy it is to make significant electrical infrastructure upgrades in Puntland. Mashallah.
 
Puntland having 1.6 MW out of the 10 MW installed capacity by Equator in all of Africa shows how invested they are in the region. The installation taking less than three weeks shows how easy it is to make significant electrical infrastructure upgrades in Puntland. Mashallah.


Puntland should seriously create a tourist industry, its safe, has peaceful locals unlike certain nameless areas where you get attacked and eaten, has nice coast, mountains, and apart from the crazy souther border they have a peaceful Absame neighbours where Liyu keeps shishkabab in check,

create a little Lamu sized area, cordon it off, shithole places across latin america and africa attract tourist like mad,

invite some fo the top hotels on earth to invest and give every person a share of the hotels to make sure its in their interest to not allow terrorist to come in, in the 90s many countries privatise and just gave their citizens shares, in eastern block, former soviet blocks, and for the hell of it, why not start a puntland stock market where these shares can be traded?

many shithole third world countries had a stock market in the 1920s during colonial times, like nairobi, ghana etc, can you imagine Puntland with the first stock market in the horn, ethiopia, djibouti or eriteria have none, communist shitholes, yall can pool and attract investments, build fast internet speeds to connect to major markets like new York, Singapore, london etc

call me up if Puntland needs an Economic advisor, imagine we create garowe or bosaso stockmarket exchange and start small and grab a piece of the $2 trillion global islamic finance, in return i will just need the harti votes and support when i stand for Jubaland election insha Allah

muslims desperate for a halal investment, no riba based investments, the arabs like in Dubai 20 years did not have a clue about this, it was ran by Malaysia, but now dubai and other gulf states are kicking ass,


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Thegoodshepherd

Galkacyo iyo Calula dhexdood
VIP
Puntland could easily run entirely on wind and solar, the diesel may be used once a week or so at night if there is too little wind. We will not be having energy problems in the future as the costs of renewables plummet. Tremendous development for Puntland.
 

Yonis

Puntland Youth Organiser
FKD Visionary
VIP
Mashallah this is great news, the moment we switch to solar and wind is the moment we become self sufficient in energy
 

Abdalla

Medical specialist in diagnosing Majeerteentitis
Prof.Dr.Eng.
VIP
When building a new house, construction companies should built in solar panels in the house. It's only additional 3-5k costs
 
Somalia should really invest in solar energy. We have loads of inhabited regions inland, and lots of sun. Forget about oil, we could be self sufficient in energy production with help of the sun.
 

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