Construction of a solar power plant in northeastern Kenya will be financed by the Chinese government according to reports out of the East African country. The 50-MW solar power plant will be located in Garissa county.
Kenya’s Rural Electrification Authority (REA) will build the $128-million solar power plant. “The 50 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar farm will be financed through concessional funding from the government of China,” REA said in a statement sent to Xinhua in Nairobi.
Construction will begin in July and will take one year to complete. Upon completion, the solar plant will be the biggest in the East and Central Africa.