Sierra Leone: UAE backs solar project

A subsidiary of Sharjah-based Mulk Holdings has won a contract to develop a 6MW solar park in Freetown. Mulk Oasis Gulf Investment will provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the project. The solar photovoltaic panels will be supplied by Masdar PV, owned by Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Development Company. The Freetown Solar Park is one of six projects selected from over 80 applications for the first funding cycle of the International Renewable Energy Agency project facility funded by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development.