The electricity sector in São Tomé e Príncipe, one of the smallest countries in Africa, is limited and institutions are young with varying capacities. The existing networks and production infrastructure are old and deteriorated due to inadequate maintenance, resulting in frequent and long power cuts for consumers. Today, only 17.3 MW of the installed, fully thermally-generated capacity is available, for a peak estimated at 21 MW.
To increase production capacity, the government recently sought to mitigate the supply deficit by securing independent electricity producers for 40 MW of solar power and 12 MW of biomass power.
As such, Seureca is helping the operator, Empresa de Água e Eletricidade (EMAE), develop an energy storage strategy by absorbing a higher-quality solar power production, thereby improving supply system performance and grid stability.
Our solution
Seureca has been tasked with analysing the electrical stability of the grid to determine the optimum quantity of solar power and battery storage systems to be installed. The location of this infrastructure on the island and the definition of the roadmap needed to modernise the facilities and coordinate them remotely are also being examined.
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