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3,400 households in Burkina Faso have access to light
From 10 October 3,400 households and small businesses in the south-west of Burkina Faso have access to light and electricity. Yeelen Ba (‘Big Light’ in the local Dioula language), a kind of mini solar electricity utility, was officially opened today. Whereas up until now most local activities had to stop when the sun went down, they can now continue after dark.
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Solar power plant provides 500 customers
with healthy electricity in Mali
Less than one percent of the rural
population in Mali has access to electricity. Yeelen Kura, a
joint venture of N.V. Nuon, has been fulfilling the basic needs
for electricity of rural households in southern Mali since 2001.
FRES, in cooperation with N.V. Nuon and Yeelen Kura, shall
establish a solar power plant in the town of Kimpanara, Mali,
thereby providing 500 families and companies with clean
electricity, derived from solar energy. Access to electricity
stimulates economical growth and development of the area, and
solar power is healthier and less damaging to the environment
than traditional, fossil fuels.
This project is made
possible by funding from PSOM, the Programme for Cooperation
with Emerging Markets from EVD, the Dutch Agency for
International Business and Cooperation.
Yeelen Kura – 2006
The first stone of a
new power plant in Kouri, Mali is laid by Hamed Diane Semega
(Mali minister of Energy and Mining), Amadou Diallo (Malinese
general manager of Yeelen Kura), Annemarie Goedmakers (president
of FRES) and Ludo van Halderen (CEO of Nuon). This ratifies an
agreement between Yeelen Kura and the Malinese government. The
agreement will provide clean solar energy to a total of 5,000
households. This will allow about 70,000 people to receive power
from Yeelen Kura in 2008, and will also stimulate economic
development in the region. Public health care and education also
benefit from this clean source of electricity.
Energy for
Development – 2004
Energy in developing
countries was a central theme of the Energy for Development
international conference, which took place in Noordwijk, the
Netherlands, from 12 through 14 December 2004. Energy is, after
all, a necessary condition for economical development and
combating poverty in developing countries.
The conference was an
initiative of the Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs and the
ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, in
cooperation with the World Bank, UNDP and the World Council for
Sustainable Development. Over 300 participants, including
ministers, public servants, scientists and representatives of
NGOs and the industry joined in the conference.
Source: Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, 14 December 2004. |
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