Tanzania Is Going Solar With AFD Support

Posted on :Wednesday , 1st September 2021

In the Kishapu District of Shinyanga Region, TANESCO will implement the 1st large scale PV Solar Power Plant of Tanzania. It will be the 1st and certainly not the last.

According to the International Energy Agency, in Africa, solar PV is becoming the “new king” of electricity and is forecasted to be the fastest growing source of power generation in Africa by year . . .

NTPC Gets Contracts To Help Set Up Solar Projects Abroad

Posted on :Friday , 3rd September 2021

India's strategy of showcasing its green energy credentials abroad has gained traction, with state-run NTPC Ltd securing a raft of project contracts under the aegis of the International Solar Alliance in Cuba, Niger and Malawi to help set up solar projects to meet their electricity demand, said 2 people aware of the development.

NTPC has been awarded the project management co. . .

TANZANIA: IDA Finances the Integration of Solar Energy Into the Zanzibar Grid

Posted on :Thursday , 24th June 2021

The Zanzibar authorities are receiving strong support in their electrification process. The support comes from the World Bank Group, which has just approved USD 142 million for the modernisation of the local electricity network and the integration of renewable energy. Of this funding, USD 117 million represents a credit from the International Development Association (IDA). The remaining USD 22 . . .

TANZANIA: Dodoma Agrees With AFD on A 150 Mwp Solar Plant in Kishapu

Posted on :Thursday , 24th June 2021

The loan agreement was signed recently in the Tanzanian capital Dodoma between the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Emmanuel Tutub, Frederic Clavier, the French Ambassador to Tanzania and Stephanie Mouen Essombe, the Director of the French Development Agency (AFD) in Tanzania.

The French bank is validating a 130-million euro loan for the constructi. . .

Solar Technology Helps Women Farmers in Tanzania Cut Post-Harvest Losses

Posted on :Monday , 29th March 2021

Women farmers in Tanzania have harnessed solar technology to reduce post-harvest losses, improving food security, panellists learned at an Afdb event held in February to launch its Gender and Energy brief on the status of gender mainstreaming in Tanzania’s energy sector.

The brief targets to provide recommendations that will inform policy making by government and other . . .