PROJECT LATEST
UGANDA
UGANDA
Building Energy has announced the inauguration of the Tororo Solar Plant, its
first photovoltaic system in Uganda. With a capacity of 10 MWp, this plant
is among the largest in Eastern Africa. The beginning of operations has been
celebrated at the ribbon cutting ceremony in Tororo, in the presence of Matteo
Brambilla, MD Africa and Middle East at Building Energy, and Attilio Pacifici, EU
Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Uganda.
The Tororo solar plant will generate around 16 GWh of energy annually,
catering to the energy needs of more than 35,838 people. In addition, the plant
will foster clean industrial development in the town of Tororo and at the same
time save atmospheric emissions of more than 7,200 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Community development initiatives are also underway.
KENYA
Liquid Telecom Kenya has announced a 10-year partnership with Kenya Electricity
Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) to operate KETRACO’s Optical Ground Wire
fibre cable and expand the Internet network across East Africa.
The partnership will begin by upgrading fibre connections to Kenyan areas already
connected to the national grid with high voltage lines of 132kV and above. It will then
extend fibre connections to remote areas of Kenya and neighbouring countries such as
Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Eastern Congo and Burundi.
More countries in East Africa are now moving to leverage their power transmission
infrastructure to carry Internet data on the earthing cable already used to transmit power
regulation data.
KENYA
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