PROJECT UPDATE
MOROCCO
The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) has
announced that the consortium of EDF, Abu Dhabi Future
Energy Company – Masdar, and Green of Africa, Moroccan
Independent Power Producer, is the successful bidder for the
design, construction, operation and maintenance of Noor
Midelt I multi-technologies solar power plant. With a capacity
of 800MW, this innovative hybrid solar project gathers
concentrated solar power (CSP) and photovoltaic (PV)
technologies. The hybridisation of these technologies is a
world first. The plant will be located 20km north of the
town of Midelt in central Morocco, with construction
expected to begin in the last quarter of 2019.
RWANDA
The African IXP Association, in
partnership with the Internet Society, has
signed an agreement with the Rwanda Internet
Community and Technology Alliance (RICTA) to
establish an administrative secretariat in Kigali. This
agreement follows the successful completion of a call for
proposals designed to help the African IXP Association develop
its governance structure and administrative capacity in order
to more effectively manage its growing portfolio of activities.
“It clearly reflects our industry’s extraordinary growth and our
community’s strong spirit of cooperation,” said Kyle Spencer,
Co-Coordinator of the African IXP Association. “We look
forward to working with RICTA on this project. They have
proven expertise that is complemented by Rwanda’s
central geographic location, business friendly
market environment, and fluency in
multiple regional languages.”
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