TANZANIA: CMR Installs 1 Mwp of Solar Power in Mango’s Hotels in Zanzibar

Posted on :Friday , 20th May 2022

The Mango Tree Beach Hotel Group is now powering 3 of its properties with solar energy in Zanzibar. The 3 solar systems, with a combined capacity of 1 MWp, were installed by the French group CMR.

Mango Tree Beach is banking on solar power to reduce the environmental impact of its properties in the Zanzibar archipelago in Tanzania. The hotel group has just installed solar PV s. . .

KENYA: Solarise Connects 1.8 MW Solar System to United Aryan’s Roof

Posted on :Friday , 22nd April 2022

The recently commissioned plant on the roof of United Aryan’s textile factory in Kenya is equipped with 3,334 solar panels. The plant, which has a capacity of 1.8 MW, was built (EPC) by Premier Solar Solutions. The Kenyan subsidiary of Starsight Premier Energy Group carried out the project on behalf of Solarise Africa, a provider of solar energy to commercial and industrial (. . .

Over 2000 Pupils Benefit From Solar Devices in Garissa

Posted on :Tuesday , 22nd March 2022

At least 2000 children from 1700 households in Garissa County have benefited from the Mwangaza Mashinani Programme which is targeted to improve the wellbeing of children and their families particularly with regard to health and educational performance.

The programme, which is financed by UNICEF and implemented by Garissa County Government, has been providing vulnerable famili. . .

Kenya to Use Solar Panels to Boost Crops by 'Harvesting the Sun Twice'

Posted on :Wednesday , 30th March 2022

Solar panels are not a new way of providing cheap power across much of the African continent, where there is rarely a shortage of sunshine. But growing crops underneath the panels is, and the process has had such promising trials in Kenya that it was deployed in open-field farms.

Known as agrivoltaics, the technique harvests solar energy twice: where panels have traditionally. . .

KENYA: Alten Closes Financing For Its 55 Mwp Kesses Solar PV Plant

Posted on :Wednesday , 16th February 2022

In Kenya, the Kesses solar project has reached a new stage. Its financing has just been completed following a financial mobilization that attracted 2 investors. This is the case of Standard Bank which arranged the transaction. The South African bank is also providing $41 million in debt including a term loan, a VAT (value added tax) and a debt service reserve facility.

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