On July 17, the sun newspaper news, will be in Senegal's border with MAO tower Bokhol city construction of a 20 mw photovoltaic solar power station, the project investment of 25 million euro, funded by the African development bank, the French wan xi group is responsible for the project construction and power plant operation.Solar mounting structure will be built in the mid - 2016, incorporated into the national grid, can use electricity 200000 population.

Solar power plants can reduce the state dependence on thermal power generation, reduce carbon dioxide emissions every year 25000 tons, its cost is lower than the current hybrid energy generating capacity by 50%.