Sanankoroba Solar Power Station is a 200 MW (270,000 hp) solar power plant under construction in Mali. The power plant is in development under a public private partnership (PPP) arrangement between the government of Mali and NovaWind, a subsidiary of the Russian conglomerate Rosatom. The output of this. .
The development is located on a site that measures 314 hectares (780 acres) near the town of , in the , in the of Mali. Sanankoroba is located approximately 38 kilometres (24 mi) south of .
For the first ten years of the life of this solar firm the infrastructure will be jointly owned by the Malian government and NovaWind. It is expected that NovaWind will recover her investment during that time. The ownership will then transfer to the Malian Ministry of. .
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The power station is under development by , a Russian-state owned company, based in . The solar photo-voltaic panels that constitute this solar farm are to be mounted on solar trackers to maximize the capture of solar radiation from the sun.. .
Construction began in May 2024 and is expected last one year. .
As of May 2024, Mali obtains 70 percent of its electricity from fossil-fuel sources. This solar farm, when completed, will be the largest solar power station in the country and in . It is expected to increase the country's electricity generation capacity by.
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