Global consortium collaborates on 8.5 MW Rwanda solar plant

The consortium is being led by Norway’s Scatec Solar and Dutch developer Gigawatt Global Cooperatief, with additional funding from U.K., U.S., Finnish and Austrian governments. The East African nation of Rwanda is set to lead the way in breaking new solar PV ground in the region with the announcement this week that construction has begun on a[…]

Gigawatt Global Finalizes Money to Build Rwanda’s First Commercial Solar Field

By Sara Toth Stubb Special to DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Gigawatt Global Cooperatief, an American-Dutch solar power company, said Monday it has finalized financing needed to build Rwanda’s first commercial solar power plant. Netherlands-based Gigawatt, which has significant U.S. ownership, said it has finalized $23.7 million in funding for an 8.5 megawatt field near Kigali, which[…]

Gigawatt Global to build East Africa’s largest solar field

Feb 17 (Reuters) – Dutch company Gigawatt Global said on Monday it has broken ground on the largest solar energy field in East Africa after securing $23.7 million to build the 8.5 megawatt photovoltaic plant at a youth village in Rwanda. Located 60 km (37 miles) outside the capital of Kigali, the solar field will increase Rwanda’s[…]