Rosatom division considering construction of renewable energy sites in Mali

MOSCOW. April 16 (Interfax) - JSC Novawind (Rosatom State Corporation's wind energy division) has ordered an analysis of the energy system and the identification of promising sites for the construction of renewable energy facilities in Mali, Novawind's procurement documentation says.

The procurement documents say that the work will consist of two stages. First, the contractor must analyze the current state of Mali's energy system and create a list of promising sites for the construction of renewable energy facilities, while considering the increase in power generation from renewable energy sources through 2030.

At the second stage, it will be necessary to optimize the list of sites for the construction of renewable energy facilities, taking into account the future energy balance of Mali through 2040.

The procurement documents do not disclose the capacities of potential renewable energy facilities. However, Novawind proposes to evaluate the impact of promising sites on the functioning of Mali's energy system and how it covers the load schedule, as well as the emergence of solar and wind power plants with a large total installed capacity.

It will also be necessary to draw conclusions about the correctness of the parallel operation of the combined energy system in West Africa (Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire, with whom there is a shared electrical power flow), considering the eventual integration of solar and wind power plants into the Mali energy system.

Novawind was founded in 2017 to consolidate Rosatom's wind energy assets. The company's project portfolio in Russia produces about 1.7 GW with 1 GW already commissioned. It was previously reported that Rosatom has been considering several overseas wind energy projects, specifically in Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, and Myanmar. The target portfolio of foreign projects is 5 GW of power from wind farms by 2030, the 2023 Atomenergoprom report says.