RWANDA GETS A SOLAR POWER BOOST
Gigawatt Global, a renewable energy company, has launched an 8.5 MW solar-power utility in Rwanda.
The 23.7 million dollar project is the first utility-scale solar project to be completed under the US-Africa Clean Energy Finance (ACEF) program.
Tanzania: Electricity Production to Hit 75 Per Cent By 2020
TANZANIA needs to increase its electricity power production by 75.3 per cent before the year 2020, if the country is to be selfsufficient enough to meet the expected escalating demands being driven by massive rates of Rural-Urban Migration.
Read more: Tanzania: Electricity Production to Hit 75 Per Cent By 2020
MTN LAUNCHES AFRICA’S FIRST SOLAR COOLING SYSTEM
MTN South Africa has unveiled the continent’s first concentrating solar cooling system to power the firm’s data centres.
Read more: MTN LAUNCHES AFRICA’S FIRST SOLAR COOLING SYSTEM
Gigawatt Global to invest US$2b in generating 1000Mw of solar power for Africa
Gigawatt global is set to spend about US$2billion in developing and pumping 1000Mw of solar power in Africa by 2020. Dutch company Gigawatt has said the 1000MW power project will have its roots in East Africa where the largest photovoltaic field will be built in Rwanda.
Read more: Gigawatt Global to invest US$2b in generating 1000Mw of solar power for Africa
