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- Namibia’s 100MW Rosh Pinah Solar PV project is poised to accelerate the nation’s pace in achieving renewable energy goals.
- The project will be built by an alliance of China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co., Ltd. and China New Energy Development (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.
- Namibia’s reliance on imported electricity has been a challenge to its energy independence.
The presence of Chinese contractors in Africa’s infrastructure journey continues to grow after Namibia on Monday entered into an agreement with contractors from China to develop the country’s largest solar plant.
For Namibia, the 100MW Rosh Pinah Solar PV project is poised to accelerate the nation’s pace in achieving renewable energy goals, while at the same time boosting the country’s energy generation capacity.
However, for analysts, the 18-month project is set to further project growing Chinese presence in the continent’s industrialization and renewable energy quest.
On Monday, Namibia’s state-owned power utility, NamPower, …
- Zambia’s state-owned power utility Zesco has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates’ renewable energy company Masdar to develop solar projects worth US$2 billion.
- The project will commence immediately, starting with the phased installation of 500 megawatts (MW)
- Zambia has been rationing electricity supply following a big drop in water levels in Lake Kariba, threatening hydropower generation which contributes more than 75 per cent of the country’s power output.
The United Arab Emirates’ government-owned renewable energy company, Masdar, and Zambia’s state-owned energy company, ZESCO, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to develop 2 GW of solar energy in Zambia. The project, which is worth US$ 2 billion, will be developed in phases over the next five years, starting with the installation of 500 MW, President Hakainde Hichilema said.
“This is not a loan but a capital injection in which the Zambian people, …