Cote d'Ivoire Switched On a 52-Megawatt Solar Plant That Will Power More Than 370,000 Households in Its North

In the northern Tchologo region, a new solar plant at Ferke - the country's second grid-connected array - is now feeding clean power to homes, schools, and clinics, part of Cote d'Ivoire's push toward more than a gigawatt of solar by 2035.

By Naomi Okafor2026-07-19

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In Sokoro, in Cote d'Ivoire's northern Tchologo region, more than seventy-three thousand solar panels have started turning sunlight into electricity [1]. The Ferke plant, rated at 52 megawatts, was switched on this month [1].

It is the country's second grid-connected solar array, after Boundiali, and it is built for the north - feeding roughly ninety gigawatt-hours a year to more than 370,000 households, along with schools, health centres, and businesses in a region that needed the power and the stability [1].

The plant cost about 41 billion CFA francs, or some 71 million dollars, and forms part of Cote d'Ivoire's plan to reach more than a gigawatt of solar by 2035 [1]. For the homes and clinics of Tchologo, the future arrived this month, on seventy-three thousand panels [1].

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pv magazine - Ivory Coast switches on 52 MW of solar
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