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Login or Register using | Newsletter Subscription | Advertise Home Power Rwanda to meet half of solar power target with new plant 0 Comments Subscribe RSS US charges Chinese military hackers targeting nuclear, solar, steel firms (Video) ScotianWEB acquires $61.4MM in financing for 28 MW wind power project Lukoil and Bashneft team up for exploration and production US charges Chinese military hackers targeting nuclear, solar, steel firms (Video) Rwanda to meet half of solar power target with new plant May 19, 2014 By PennEnergy Editorial Staff Rwanda has in thw works plans to build a $30 million solar power plant in the Kayonza district of eastern Rwanda. The construction of the 10 megawatt plant is part of a deal with Goldsol II, a consortium made up of three companies: Rwanda-based 3E Power Solar, Malta's Gesto Energy Africa and TMM Renewables headquartered in South Africa. Ambassador Valentine Rugwabiza, chief executive officer of the Rwanda Development Board, said the power production of the solar plant will meet half of the country's solar energy target set at 20 MW by 2017, according to Rwanda Eye. The energy sector in Rwanda has an installed generation capacity of about 120 MW of power, but the government aims to generate 563 MW by 2017, reported the source. This power production target could help boost the amount of electricity received by the country's population from 19.4 percent to 70 percent by 2017. "This is very important for business, it is important for rural areas, when people have access to electricity it is the most important way to transform the society," Rugwabiza said. The consortium projects completion of the 10 MW solar project by 2016. More information on the solar photovoltaic market in Africa can be found at PennEnergy Research Write a comment Related Articles Latest Articles Oilfield Chemical Consultant Acme-Hardesty Country: United States Acme-Hardesty Co., a division of Jacob Stern & Sons, Inc., is located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and is one of North America's largest value-added importers of BioBased Chemicals and castor oil products in the United States. We are seeking and expert in Oilfield Chemicals to develop product appl... Latest Energy Jobs View more Job Listings >> Archived Articles PennEnergy Articles 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 OGJ Articles 2011 | 2012 | 2013 OGFJ Articles 2011 | 2012 | 2013 Power Engineering Articles 2011 | 2012 | 2013 Power Engineering Intl Articles 2011 | 2012 | 2013 Home Oil & Gas Power Research Markets Products Maps Books Job Center Events Energy Efficiency Rwanda to meet half of solar power target with new plant - Pennenergy http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2014/05/rwanda-to-m... 1 de 2 20-05-2014 10:55

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Rwanda has in thw works plans to build a $30 million solar power plant in the Kayonza district of eastern Rwanda. The construction of the 10 megawatt plant is part of a deal with Goldsol II, a consortium made up of three companies: Rwanda-based 3E Power Solar, Malta's Gesto Energy Africa and TMM Renewables headquartered in South Africa.

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Rwanda to meet half of solar power targetwith new plant

May 19, 2014By PennEnergy Editorial Staff

Rwanda has in thw works plans to build a $30 million solar power plant in the Kayonza district of eastern Rwanda. Theconstruction of the 10 megawatt plant is part of a deal with Goldsol II, a consortium made up of three companies:Rwanda-based 3E Power Solar, Malta's Gesto Energy Africa and TMM Renewables headquartered in South Africa.

Ambassador Valentine Rugwabiza, chief executive officer of the Rwanda Development Board, said the power production ofthe solar plant will meet half of the country's solar energy target set at 20 MW by 2017, according to Rwanda Eye.

The energy sector in Rwanda has an installed generation capacity of about 120 MW of power, but the government aims togenerate 563 MW by 2017, reported the source. This power production target could help boost the amount of electricityreceived by the country's population from 19.4 percent to 70 percent by 2017.

"This is very important for business, it is important for rural areas, when people have access to electricity it is the mostimportant way to transform the society," Rugwabiza said.

The consortium projects completion of the 10 MW solar project by 2016.

More information on the solar photovoltaic market in Africa can be found at PennEnergy Research

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