POSITION PAPER

Country : Gabonese Republic, République gabonaise

Committee : General Assembly
Topic : Improving Accessibility and Further Development of Renewable Energy
Nowadays, electricity is needed in everyday life, starting from washing, entertainment,
cooking, and much more. Gabon as one of the developing countries in the world wants to
change electricity that was made of energy that cannot be renewed into renewable energy.
Numerous solutions to this issue have been envisaged. These include the extension of the grid
towards rural areas and the development of small-scale renewable energy projects, such as
biomass-fired cogeneration, mini-hydropower and solar photovoltaic.

But in the end we choose solar power as a new electricity source. ENGIE has signed an
agreement with Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), the Gabonese financial
institution, to deploy eight hybrid solar power plants in Gabon, representing a combined
capacity of 2.2 MW.

The implemented solution has been developed by ENGIE’s subsidiary, Ausar Energy in
collaboration with CDC and the Gabonese energy and water company Société d'Énergie et
d'Eau du Gabon (SEEG) and means that solar energy can be used in eight locations that are
currently supplied by oil-fired thermal power stations. The project will save the country one
million litres of fuel oil per year or 2,600 tonnes of CO2 and reduce generation costs by 30
per cent. Ausar Energy offers the African continent a hybrid solar power plant solution, with
or without storage facilities, with capacities ranging from 50kW to 2.5MW. This strategic
priority is designed to ensure continuous access to energy in isolated areas that are not and
cannot be connected to grids, as well as to limit the consumption of fuel oil, manage costs
and reduce pollution.

1. ENGIE to build eight hybrid solar power plants in Gabon-

http://www.africanreview.com/energy-a-power/renewables/engie-to-build-eight-
hybrid-solar-power-plants-in-gabon
2. Gabon seeks universal power access by 2035 -
https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/analysis/solutions-rural-power-working-
towards-goal-universal-access-2035