Malawi is trying to get its renewable energy program off the ground, and Scotland will help the African country. The Scottish government has appropriated £1.7 million to help promote sustainable energy as part of the Malawi Renewable Energy Acceleration Program.
The program will help communities start their own renewable energy projects while helping the government form policies and framework. The Malawi Renewable Energy Acceleration Program will create a detailed report of the support mechanisms required to continue the projects based on an in depth analysis from the Strathclyde University.
The program will be built on previous projects under the Community Rural Electrification and Development project between the two countries which has so far provided seven solar energy systems in schools and hospitals.
Electrical Power Systems at Strathclyde University professor Graham Ault said, “This new Renewable Energy Acceleration Program will create several new Scotland-Malawi partnerships to develop the capability of Malawian organizations and communities to harness their renewable energy resources and reap the economic and social benefits of that.”
Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs in Scotland, said: “We are working hard to help Malawians help themselves – with the additional global benefit of tackling climate change which benefits us all.”
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