The Sonangol and the Chinese company Qinghai Lihao Clean Energy recently signed a memorandum of understanding for a partnership to implement a project in the photovoltaic solar energy industrial chain. The agreement consists of the production of photovoltaic panels in Angola, using quartz ore as a raw material.

The Sonangol said that the agreement would pave the way for Angola to have a solar panel industry in a few years based on quartz mining, as well as the production of metallurgical silicon and polysilicon for the production of solar panels.

"The solar panel industry would play a key role in the energy transition strategy, considering the vital importance of solar energy in the process", says the note.

The factory, with a projected production capacity of 180,000 tons of metallurgical silicon and 150,000 tons of polysilicon per year, will initially produce 50,000 tons of these products.

(Source: Ver Angola, on October 21)