AfDB finances Sao Tome energy transition project
Sao Tome, the capital of Sao Tome and Principe, is set to receive $14 million from the African Development Bank to support the Energy Transition and Institutional Support Programme.
The broad objective of the proposed programme is to ensure sustainable development of STP’s power system and promote green growth, including by renovating the 1MW Papagaio hydroelectric plant in Santo António.
This will involve the diversification of the country’s electricity matrix by increasing power generation capacity based on renewable energy, increasing the reliability of power system, and promoting the sustainable and efficient use of electricity.
The new programme will also allow the hybridisation of one of the main thermal power plants based in Santo Amaro, in the Lobata district of northeastern São Tomé Island, with the addition of a small solar power plant. It will also support the implementation of an energy efficiency programme.
