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Solar panels gleam in the sun at the 8.5 MW Gigawatt Global Solar Field in Rwanda.
Photo by Rachel Couch
8.5 Megawatt (MW) solar field at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Rwanda is in dire need of electricity – less than 15 per cent of the population has access to power, and the country relies on diesel fuel, which is highly polluting. With the project, the East African nation’s generating capacity surged six per cent.
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
The now defunct Solar Two tower which served as proof that solar power could be stored in the daytime to provide baseline power through the night.
Improve it and clone it, that's what I say!
8.5 Megawatt (MW) solar field at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Rwanda is in dire need of electricity – less than 15 per cent of the population has access to power, and the country relies on diesel fuel, which is highly polluting. With the project, the East African nation’s generating capacity surged six per cent.
8.5 Megawatt (MW) solar field at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Rwanda is in dire need of electricity – less than 15 per cent of the population has access to power, and the country relies on diesel fuel, which is highly polluting. With the project, the East African nation’s generating capacity surged six per cent.
8.5 Megawatt (MW) solar field at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Rwanda is in dire need of electricity – less than 15 per cent of the population has access to power, and the country relies on diesel fuel, which is highly polluting. With the project, the East African nation’s generating capacity surged six per cent.
Twaha Twagirimana, Plant Supervisor of Scatec Solar, a solar power operator in Rwanda.
Photo by Rachel Couch
8.5 Megawatt (MW) solar field at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Rwanda is in dire need of electricity – less than 15 per cent of the population has access to power, and the country relies on diesel fuel, which is highly polluting. With the project, the East African nation’s generating capacity surged six per cent.
8.5 Megawatt (MW) solar field at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Rwanda is in dire need of electricity – less than 15 per cent of the population has access to power, and the country relies on diesel fuel, which is highly polluting. With the project, the East African nation’s generating capacity surged six per cent.
Twaha Twagirimana, Plant Supervisor of Scatec Solar, a solar power operator in Rwanda.
Photo by Rachel Couch
8.5 Megawatt (MW) solar field at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Rwanda is in dire need of electricity – less than 15 per cent of the population has access to power, and the country relies on diesel fuel, which is highly polluting. With the project, the East African nation’s generating capacity surged six per cent.
8.5 Megawatt (MW) solar field at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Rwanda is in dire need of electricity – less than 15 per cent of the population has access to power, and the country relies on diesel fuel, which is highly polluting. With the project, the East African nation’s generating capacity surged six per cent.
It's 7am and John is on his bike on his way to the first Eco Superstar launch. Morley SHS don't hold your breath... this may take a while!
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
8.5 Megawatt (MW) solar field at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Rwanda is in dire need of electricity – less than 15 per cent of the population has access to power, and the country relies on diesel fuel, which is highly polluting. With the project, the East African nation’s generating capacity surged six per cent.
This 10.78 kW solar system is mounted on a large rack structure
designed to securely hold the 44 ISOFOTON 245-watt solar panels. The electricity captured by the panels is converted from DC to AC by two large SMA inverters, which were selected to maximize the amount of power produced by this new solar photovoltaic array.
Solar panels gleam in the sun at the 8.5 MW Gigawatt Global Solar Field in Rwanda.
Photo by Rachel Couch
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
8.5 Megawatt (MW) solar field at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Rwanda is in dire need of electricity – less than 15 per cent of the population has access to power, and the country relies on diesel fuel, which is highly polluting. With the project, the East African nation’s generating capacity surged six per cent.
Construction at the Garden City solar project site n Nairobi. When completed it will be the largest solar carport in Africa and one of the largest commercial distributed generation sites in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
MassDEP, USEPA and Citizen's Energy mark the reuse of the former Charles George Landfill Superfund Site as a solar field.
November 2017
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
Twaha Twagirimana, Plant Supervisor of Scatec Solar, a solar power operator in Rwanda.
Photo by Rachel Couch
Twaha Twagirimana, Plant Supervisor of Scatec Solar, a solar power operator in Rwanda.
Photo by Rachel Couch
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
Twaha Twagirimana, Plant Supervisor of Scatec Solar, a solar power operator in Rwanda.
Photo by Rachel Couch
Building takes place on a new 12 megawatt power plant in Baringo, Kenya. Baringo is a rural county in midwestern Kenya, where half the population lives in poverty and over 90 percent of people don’t have access to electricity. The company developing this power project, Cummins Cogeneration Kenya Limited (CCKL),
designed a biomass power plant that will take advantage of one resource Baringo has in abundance: the mathenge weed. The weed (known in America as mesquite wood) is an invasive species, introduced decades ago to combat desertification, but now wreaking havoc on farmers’ pastoral lands, livestock, and the natural environment. Through biomass gasification technology, the mathenge weed will be converted into locally generated electricity—enough energy to power well over 12,000 homes. New access to energy will create opportunities in this rural county that suffers from severe energy poverty. Electricity means that farmers can increase their yields, and their profits; parents have safe alternatives to cooking over open fires, students can read after the sun sets; families can stay connected through cellphones that are easily charged at night. Ultimately, access to power leads to improvements in income, health, education, and general well-being.
Twaha Twagirimana, Plant Supervisor of Scatec Solar, a solar power operator in Rwanda, walks with Power Africa's Rudy Gharib at the Gigawatt Global Solar Field in Rwanda.
Photo by Rachel Couch
Twaha Twagirimana, Plant Supervisor of Scatec Solar, a solar power operator in Rwanda.
Photo by Rachel Couch
Solar installations like the Gigawatt Global Solar Field in Rwanda offer a path to clean energy solutions across Africa.
Photo by Rachel Couch