Ethiopia: First solar PV plant


Issue 250 - 14 Mar 2013 | 1 minute read

Florida-based SKY Energy International has opened a plant in Addis Ababa producing photovoltaic solar panels, in a venture with the state Metals and Engineering Corporation. The factory, built at a cost of $5m, is the first in Ethiopia, and follows the opening of a similar plant in Naivasha, Kenya, by Dutch company Ubbink Centrotherm Group in August 2011.

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