Green Energy
- Kenya To Generate Over Half Of Its Electricity Through Solar Power By 2016
Masinga hydroelectric power plant. Kenya gets most of its power from hydroelectricity, but there are hopes solar will contribute more. Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty ImagesKenya has identified nine sites to build solar power plants...
- Guinea To Produce Solar Panels
More than 20 000 jobs and an investment of over U.S. $ 3 billion, is the benefit to come from the solar energy project as announced the DACC Associates LLC MAMSKA Guinea-LTD and the utility of Guinea (EDG) announced on Tuesday, January 24 in...
- Solar Energy In Morocco: World Bank Lends $ 297 Million
The World Bank announced in Thursday that it had approved a total of $ 297 million loan to Morocco to help them finance the construction of a solar power generation in Ouarzazatein. Morocco had announced back in 2009, this ambitious project, providing...
- In Development: 11 Transnational Infrastructure Projects Submitted To The G20
Eleven major transnational infrastructure projects on different continents which can be financed by public and private funds have been subject to the approval of the G20 leaders meeting in Cannes (France), according to a report obtained by AFP on Thursday....
- Brazilian State Minas Gerais To Invest $324 Million In Solar Pv Projects
Article originally published in www.cleantechnica.com, on May 11th 2015Minas Gerais, the south-eastern state of Brazil, has announced that it will start auctions of solar photovoltaic power plants later this year.The state government recently announced that...
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The Guinea says it will invest $ 19 million
The Guinean government has launched Dec. 24, a lighting project of the cities of the country through solar energy.
The Guinea says it will invest $ 19 million in this project that lasts six months. A total of 7,000 street lights should be installed on city streets across the country.
Guinea, leading exporter of bauxite, also has a large hydropower potential estimated at 6000 MW of which only 2 are operated.
Electricity of Guinea, EDG, states that power generation has produced 385,964 megawatt-hours between January and September of 2011, against 450,318 megawatt hours over the same period in 2010, a decrease of 14.3%.
In August, the government signed with China International Water & Electric, a management agreement Kaléta hydroelectric dam at a cost of $ 526 million. According to the Minister of State for Energy and Environment, Papa Koly Kourouma, an output of 240.5 megawatts is expected to launch this infrastructure.
President Alpha Conde has promised to give the current 16 h/24 Guineans in 2012, based on the announced reforms. It recognizes that the final solution to the country’s electricity is in the construction of hydroelectric dams.
Basma – Green Energy International Correspondent – 01/01/12
- Kenya To Generate Over Half Of Its Electricity Through Solar Power By 2016
Masinga hydroelectric power plant. Kenya gets most of its power from hydroelectricity, but there are hopes solar will contribute more. Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty ImagesKenya has identified nine sites to build solar power plants...
- Guinea To Produce Solar Panels
More than 20 000 jobs and an investment of over U.S. $ 3 billion, is the benefit to come from the solar energy project as announced the DACC Associates LLC MAMSKA Guinea-LTD and the utility of Guinea (EDG) announced on Tuesday, January 24 in...
- Solar Energy In Morocco: World Bank Lends $ 297 Million
The World Bank announced in Thursday that it had approved a total of $ 297 million loan to Morocco to help them finance the construction of a solar power generation in Ouarzazatein. Morocco had announced back in 2009, this ambitious project, providing...
- In Development: 11 Transnational Infrastructure Projects Submitted To The G20
Eleven major transnational infrastructure projects on different continents which can be financed by public and private funds have been subject to the approval of the G20 leaders meeting in Cannes (France), according to a report obtained by AFP on Thursday....
- Brazilian State Minas Gerais To Invest $324 Million In Solar Pv Projects
Article originally published in www.cleantechnica.com, on May 11th 2015Minas Gerais, the south-eastern state of Brazil, has announced that it will start auctions of solar photovoltaic power plants later this year.The state government recently announced that...