Upon completion of the project in 2017, Google will acquire Vestas’ 12.5% stake in Africa’s largest wind farm, which will supply around 15% of Kenya’s electricity needs based on current generation capacity. The share purchase agreement was recently announced in Washington, DC, in connection with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Climate and Clean Energy…
U.S. seeking off-grid, clean energy solutions for Benin
The Government of the United States, through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), is developing a compact with the Government of Benin (GOB) to develop clean energy for the West African country’s electrical power sector. According to the MCC, only one-third of Benin’s population of 10 million has access to electrical power, with extraordinary geographical disparities.…