solar plant in West Africa

Togo has inaugurated the largest solar plant in West Africa a strong move aimed at increasing access to electricity and develop renewables in the small coastal country.

The 50-megawatt facility, located in central Togo, will provide power to more than 158,000 households and save more than one million tonnes of CO2 emissions, Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe said on Twitter late Tuesday.

‘This project is the fruit of our ambition to bring universal access to electricity and provide clean and renewable energy to all.’

‘I am thrilled it was done in record time’ (18 months), he added.

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