Design of Africa’s largest solar plant in Garissa gets ready

[Atheist3000]

MOMBASA, KENYA: Work on Kenya's modest solar energy power plant being built at a cost of sh 12.8 billion in Garissa County is set to start in due course. In an interview with Standard Digital, Rural Electrification Authority (REA) board of directors’ chairman, Simon Gicharu said that final design works for the plant set to be the largest in Africa will start in two weeks’ time. Gicharu said that the 55 MW solar power plant will occupy 82 hectares of land. ''All the bottlenecks to the Garissa solar plant which is the biggest in East and Central Africa is over and in the next two weeks, we are set to approve the designs and it will take one year to complete,'' he said. He said solar power remains a sustainable option for lighting up rural and remote areas of the country. ALSO READ: Slow regulatory approvals slowing down uptake of solar energy He said the electrical sector in the country has the potential to become the driving force behind economic development in the counties. Located in northwest city of Garissa, Kenya, the plant is expected to produce approximately 76,473 megawatts hours per year, reducing yearly carbon emissions by 64,190 tons and saving coal consumption by 24,470 tons annually. ''With an arid climate and a vast desert landmass, Garissa is geographically optimal for harnessing solar power,'' Gicharu said. Two Chinese companies have been selected to carry out the construction of one of the largest grid-connected solar power plant in the country. Solar power product manufacturer JinkoSolar Holding announced that it had signed a cooperative agreement with China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic and Technical Cooperation (CJIC) to provide technical support for THE new solar power project.
Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/busines ... gets-ready

[AwRastaale]

55mW @ "biggest in Africa"

Casablanca – Morocco broke ground on its US220 million solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on Sunday, in the southern province of Ouarzazate, considered the biggest of its kind in the whole world, with a 582 MGW production capacity.

The station will be spanned over an area of 137 hectares and will be set up with photovoltaic (PV) technology.

[bumps]

Garrisa will be flooded with Kenyans. Next thing you know Somalis will be a minority.

NFD is a lost case.

[original dervish]

Solar/wind power is perfectly suited to the northern environment.
I want to construct a rural home that runs entirely on renewable energy insha'llah.

[Basra-]

Kenya is going somewhere-- Somalia--NOWHERE!!!


First Road Highway---then Rail way train connecting cities, and now Solar System plant???? All built by Chinese? Wow!

[PrinceNugaalHawd]

Garissa will be a top city in Kenya & in all Somali regions.