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Eritrean Ministry of Energy and Mines and SOLARCENTURY LTD (UK) signed a contact to install the Solar PV Generation System

26.01.2017
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The Eritrean Ministry of Energy and Mines and SOLARCENTURY LTD (UK) signed a contract on 20 January 2017. This contract foresees the supply, installation and commissioning of Solar PV Generation System intended for the creation of a Mini Grids (2.25 MW) to two rural towns and surrounding villages in Eritrea and is a first step for a bigger project that will improve the livelihoods (increase income and access to social services: MDGs) of rural towns and villages not connected to the national grid.

SOLARCENTURY LTD was selected after an open international tender valued at EUR 5,666,394.34

The project is funded by the ACP EU Energy Facility under the 10th European Development Fund with a total budget of EUR 11,762,588 and will be managed by the Eritrean Ministry of Energy and Mines in partnership with the European Union who is co-financing EUR 8,000,000. MoEM is contributing resources amounting to EUR 2,222,588 and the contribution of UNDP funding is EUR 1,540,000.

 

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