President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has launched a major offensive against Liberia’s chronic electricity shortage, dedicating a new 20-megawatt solar farm at Mount Coffee and declaring that his administration is moving with urgency to expand power access, drive industrial growth, and transform the country’s economy.
Speaking Friday, June 5, 2026, at the dedication ceremony in Harrisburg, Montserrado County, President Boakai described the solar project as a significant milestone in Liberia’s development journey and evidence that his government is determined to tackle one of the country’s biggest obstacles to economic progress.
“We are in a hurry to deliver services to the Liberian people,” the Liberian leader said emphasizing that the project was completed in less than two years after groundbreaking began in October 2024.
According to him, the new solar facility adds renewable energy capacity to Liberia’s national grid at a time when electricity access remains among the country’s most persistent development challenges with businesses, industries, schools, hospitals, and communities continuing to struggle with costly and unreliable power.
The Liberian leader said expanding electricity infrastructure is central to his administration’s economic strategy, arguing that reliable power is essential for attracting investment, boosting manufacturing, supporting agriculture, creating jobs, and building what he described as a “vibrant twenty-four-hour economy.”
The President also linked energy expansion directly to national security and public safety, saying better electricity access would strengthen communications, improve security services, and create safer communities through improved lighting and infrastructure.
He narrated that the solar farm forms part of broader government efforts to expand Liberia’s energy capacity through the RESPITE Project and partnerships with international development institutions including support for restoring lost generation capacity at Mount Coffee and planned future expansion. Boakai said Liberia’s long-term objective is to remove infrastructure bottlenecks that have slowed growth for decades and create conditions for industrialization and private-sector expansion.
“This solar farm represents an investment in economic growth, job creation, safer communities, and a more resilient future,” the President said. While celebrating the project’s completion, Boakai acknowledged that significant work remains, stressing the need for expanded transmission systems and broader nationwide access to electricity.
“With humility, it is now my greatest pleasure, on behalf of the people of Liberia, to dedicate this project,” he said. The project marks one of the most visible energy investments under the Boakai’s administration and signals growing emphasis on renewable energy as Liberia seeks to address rising electricity demand and accelerate economic transformation.
