South Africa boasts of first green airport in Africa
George a small town in South Africa now has the first green airport in Africa.The first green airport in Africa, will run entirely on power supplied by 2,000 solar panels. Its control towers,the escalators, the baggage carousels and its ATMs will be run by solar energy.
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Gigawatt Global and Liberia ink deal to construct mega solar power plant
Project developer Gigawatt Global and Liberia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction and financing of a 10MW solar photovoltaic power plant in Monrovia.
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140MW geothermal power plant in Kenya to be constructed
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has plans to construct 140MW geothermal power plant in Kenya before the end of 2016.
Abel Rotich, KenGen Geothermal Development Director, said that his organization has already secured funding to the tune of US$300m for the construction of the geothermal power plant in Kenya.
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Programme on sustainable energy in Nigeria launched
The Federal Government has unveiled a programme on Sustainable Energy in Nigeria For All- Action Agenda (SE4ALL-AA) that will increase Nigeria’s power generation from the present 3,000MW of power to 45,101MW by 2030.
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