How Djibouti will produce 100% green energy by 2035
In September 2023, Djibouti inaugurated its first wind farm in the north of the country. Add solar farms, geothermal power and biomass plants, and Djibouti hopes to
2. Djibouti's Renewable Energy Potential making photovoltaic (PV) systems a viable solution . MW to the national grid, increasing national power capacity by 50% . estimates suggesting a potential of up to 1,000 MW of capacity .
In December 2023, the Republic of Djibouti signed up to the African Green Hydrogen Alliance. The country's formidable prospects in terms of renewable energy means that Slim Feriani can look to the future with confidence. “The objective for 2035 is to be self-sufficient in energy production,” he says. “We should get there before then.
In its bid to become the first country on the continent to produce 100% green energy by 2035, Djibouti can also draw on other ambitious projects. These include the solar power project in the Grand Bara desert, for which work began in 2020.
Because of its geographical position, at the meeting point of three major rifts – the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the East African Rift – Djibouti also has a rich resource buried in its subsoil: Geothermal energy. President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has been quick to make this a priority.
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