Tag Archives: Cameroon

photovoltaic

Cameroon, the Maroua and Guider photovoltaic plants will be expanded to 64 MWp

The Norwegian company Release by Scatec has reached an agreement with the authorities and the electricity company Eneo to expand its photovoltaic solar power plants in Maroua and Guider. Almost a year after commissioning its Maroua and Guider solar photovoltaic plants, Release by Scatec, a subsidiary of the Norwegian energy company Scatec, wants to increase … Continue reading Cameroon, the Maroua and Guider photovoltaic plants will be expanded to 64 MWp →

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Evwind, News Menu, Other renewables, System Operator

GE Renewable Energy awarded a $87M hydropower contract in Cameroon

GE Renewable Energy was awarded a $87million contract by Nachtigal Hydro Power Company (NHPC) to provide seven 60 MW Francis turbines for the new Nachtigal hydropower plant in Cameroon.   NHPC is a company jointly owned by the Republic of Cameroon, EDF, International Finance Corporation, Africa 50 and STOA. Owned and operated by NHPC, the … Continue reading GE Renewable Energy awarded a $87M hydropower contract in Cameroon →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Chinese-built solar power project benefits locals in Cameroon

The Mvomeka village solar power station project constructed by Huawei Technologies Company Cameroon Ltd. in Cameroon’s South Region has brought benefit to around 15,000 villagers. The completion ceremony of Mvomeka village solar power station project phase II was held Thursday in Mvomeka village with the participation of Cameroonian Water Resources and Energy Minister Atangana Kouna … Continue reading Chinese-built solar power project benefits locals in Cameroon →

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Evwind, Wind Energy

Wind energy in Cameroon: first wind power project this year

To promote renewable energy, the Cameroonian government is expected to launch its very first wind power project this year with “a pilot project in energy production […] in the Monts Bamboutos hills, with the construction of a 42 megawatt wind farm plant that can be extended to 80 megawatts.”    Cameroun is facing a major … Continue reading Wind energy in Cameroon: first wind power project this year →

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Electric Vehicle, Evwind

Bolloré introduces first electric buses in Cameroon

Since May 5, 2014, students at University of Yaoundé I, the first of the country’s seven public universities, can go from one end of campus to the next on the “Blue buses” that have been provided by Bolloré Africa Logistics and received on May 2, 2014 by the Prime Minister of Cameroon, Philémon Yang. The … Continue reading Bolloré introduces first electric buses in Cameroon →

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Evwind, Other renewables

Solar Energy Solidarity donates products for three solar installations in Africa

The three projects will supply electricity to a kindergarten and a women’s radio in Guinea Bissau, and to a farm school in Cameroon. PROINSO, jointly with local NGOs and other organisations, has donated modules, structures, a thermosiphon and a collector.   Since it was launched, the PROINSO-led initiative Solar Energy Solidarity has developed nine projects … Continue reading Solar Energy Solidarity donates products for three solar installations in Africa →

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