Rwanda fires up Africa’s ‘biggest’ solar plant -250kW facility helps keeps the lights on
By Lester Haines, 8th June 2007
Source: Register.co.uk
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/08/rwandan_solar_plant/
Rwanda yesterday unveiled a 250-kilowatt solar plant which ups the nation’s ‘leccy-producing capacity to 50 megawatts, Reuters reports. The German-backed project, said to be the largest in Africa, makes a modest contribution to the 100 megawatts the country needs “to meet soaring demand that has triggered regular blackouts”. Rwanda’s hydroelectric plants have struggled to cope, and many businesses get their juice from diesel generators.
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