Eren Renewable Energy and Access Power have started work on the 10MW Soroti solar project in Uganda
The $19m plant, which will be the largest in East Africa, is owned and operated by Access Uganda Solar, a partnership between Eren and Access Power.
It is expected to be operational and connected to the national grid in July.
Spain’s TSK Group has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contract and will sub-contract parts of the work to local firms.
Locals are being hired for the construction phase and the developers will also recruit and train engineers to operate the plant.
The project was financed through a mix of debt and equity with the senior debt facility being provided by FMO, the Netherlands development bank, and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund.
Eren RE vice-president of business development – Africa Christophe Fleurence said: “The extensive political and international support to this project, unprecedented in Uganda and in the region, demonstrated again at the occasion of the ground breaking ceremony, underlines the broad willingness to shift boundaries in electricity generation.”
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