Scaling Africa�s solar infrastructure

Posted on :Thursday , 27th July 2017

 The power generators are essential for both home and businesses in cities across the continent, even in the economic hubs of Lagos, Nigeria, and Nairobi, Kenya. Almost two-thirds of Africa’s 1.2bn population lack access to electricity and, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB), annual power consumption in sub-Saharan Africa per capita is 181 kilowatt hours (kWh), compared. . .

Maasai Women Bring Clean Energy to Rural Villages in Kenya, Tanzania

Posted on :Thursday , 27th July 2017

 Beatrice Marpe is a women’s leader in the remote village of Tokoishi, about 100 kilometers south of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The job of a Maasai women’s leader is usually to help solve marital issues, but Marpe, 55, has taken on a new role: solar ambassador.

To-the-point: 674-kW solar plant starts work at Tanzania gold mine

Posted on :Thursday , 27th July 2017

 German solar equipment rental company Redavia GmbH has put on stream a 674-kW photovoltaic (PV) plant in Tanzania for gold producer Shanta Gold Ltd (LON:SHG).

Redavia provides gold mine in Tanzania with more solar power

Posted on :Thursday , 27th July 2017

 The company has increased the mine’s PV power generation capacity to 674 kW with the supply of another solar container.

Solar power to treat water for 200 thousand refugees in Tanzania

Posted on :Wednesday , 19th July 2017

 SolarWorld Americas Inc is providing 1.2 megawatts of high-performance solar panels to power the world's largest solar-powered, safe-water treatment project. The project's systems will serve more than 250,000 Congolese and Burundian people living in three refugee settlements in Western Tanzania.  

The project is proceeding under the management of Water Mission and the funding. . .