Background: Rwanda is a rapidly growing country, recovering from the 1994 genocide. Rwanda urgently needs more electricity generating capacity to power its economic growth.
Local Economy: First utility-scale solar PV project in Rwanda. 8.5 MW grid-connected solar PV power plant. Another 20 MW planned at a later stage. Less than 15% of Rwanda's population has access to electricity. Rwanda has set an ambitious target for the majority of the population to have access to modern electricity by the end of 2017, with a substantial part of the new power to come from renewables.
Local Partner: Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village for orphans of the Rwandan genocide.
Status: On February 17, 2014 EG closed on $23.7 million in financing on an 8.5 megawatt field on the grounds of ASYV. Construction is complete, interconnected and operational.
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(Kigali, Rwanda) – Only 12 months after the official signing of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Gigawatt Global has succeeded in financing, constructing and interconnecting a $23.7 million solar energy plant, culminating in a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event. Rwanda’s Minister of … Continue reading
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Gigawatt Global, Energiya Global Capital’s Dutch partner company has signed a Power Purchase Agreement that will soon lead to construction of an 8.5 megawatt, grid-connected solar field. The agreement was signed yesterday by the Minister of State in Charge of … Continue reading
The Head of State was a guest of honour at an event hosted by Anne Heyman, the founder of Agahozo Shalom, alongside Yosef Abramowitz, the founder of Energiya Global, who have partnered to provide renewable energy to Agahozo Shalom Youth … Continue reading
Lots of excitement today at Energiya Global as our President and CEO, Yosef Abramowitz (aka Captain Sunshine), his daughter, and students from the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (www.asyv.org) inaugurate the 2 kilowatt test system installed at our site in Rwanda.
Congratulations to the first graduating class of the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village! As the graduating student speaker said, “We will strive to be the best wherever we go … we came from darkness but we now have the light.” Thank you for … Continue reading
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