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engineering consultants to work on the of this new city with a capacity of 100,000 and diesel generators.
detailed engineering and design of the inhabitants. Caledonia issued a call for tenders for the
proposed line to connect its Lesedi Power “The new solar power plant will meet plant in October 2019 under an engineering,
project to the electricity grid in Botswana. the city’s changing needs and will provide procurement, and construction contract, and
The AIM-traded firm said Mott clean and reliable energy, especially for the has since initiated a 40-hectare site for the
MacDonald was currently working on the companies in the Appolonia Industrial Park,” power plant.
implementation stage of the proposed 66kV said Pascal Siamey, Chairman and CEO
transmission line. of Axcon Energy. The electricity produced
That included preparation of will be injected into the city’s grid via an
prequalification documents, with the objective 11 kV substation. It already supports a 33 SOL AR
of Tlou selecting a shortlist of prequalified kV overhead line that connects the town to
bidders who would be invited to bid for the Ghana’s national electricity grid. Lithuania finances 2 PV
construction of the transmission line and Appolonia City is the result of a real estate
supporting infrastructure. project developed on an area of more than 940 plants in Bamako
Two prequalification documents had been hectares 28 km north-east of the Ghanaian
prepared, including the prequalification of capital Accra. The city is made up of 25,000 As part of the cooperation between Mali and
bidders for the design and build contract for housing units that can accommodate 100,000 Lithuania, two solar power plants have been
the substation works, and the prequalification people, an industrial park covering an area of commissioned at the University of Science,
of bidders for the design and build contract nearly 81 hectares, a business district, and 121 Technology and Techniques of Bamako
for the 66kV overhead transmission line hectares of public parks and gardens. Officials (USTTB) and at the Gabriel Touré Hospital.
works. of the new city estimate that it is capable of Each installation has a capacity of 100 kWp.
The tenders had been advertised in the receiving 30,000 visitors per day. Current events in Mali are dominated by
local press in Botswana, the board confirmed. According to Appolonia City, in addition the political crisis resulting from the coup
“The implementation stage is expected to to the clean energy supplier Axcon Energy, d’état that overthrew Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
be completed later this year, conditional on other local and international companies are But good news is coming from the University
not experiencing undue delays outside Tlou’s also developing facilities in its industrial of Science, Technology and Techniques of
direct control,” the board explained in its park. These include MainOne, Nickseth Bamako (USTTB) and the Gabriel Touré
statement. Construction, Alusynco, Crownhouse Hospital. The two public institutions each
“Thereafter, the company will request Construction & Logistics, Puma Energy and have a photovoltaic solar power plant that has
tenders for construction of the transmission Total Ghana, the subsidiary of French energy recently been commissioned.
line and substation works from successful pre- company Total. With a capacity of 100 kWp each, the
qualified bidders. AXCON ENERGY two installations connected to the grid
“Subject to the receipt of acceptable secure the power supply to both structures.
tenders, available funding and on-the-ground At the Gabriel Touré Hospital in Bamako,
access, the company plans to commence SOL AR a battery storage system has been installed
construction as soon as possible.” to store electricity. Thus, the hospital centre
TLOU ENERGY Caledonia raises $13 million continues to benefit from electricity after
sunset or in a load-shedding situation. Both
for solar power plant in photovoltaic solar systems are equipped with
SOL AR source inverters to allow the facilities to inject
their surplus production into the national
Axcon builds 5MW solar Zimbabwe electricity grid.
Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc has raised
Annually, each solar power plant will be
power plant Ghana $13 million in capital for the construction of able to supply 182 MWh of electricity. They
will provide this green energy for more than
a 20MW solar photovoltaic power plant in
Clean energy solutions provider Axcon Zimbabwe through its sale of 597,963 shares 25 years, thus reducing electricity bills; as
Energy has just started work on a project in a market offer. well as the carbon balance of both structures.
to build a solar photovoltaic power plant in The plant is intended to power the The project is a result of cooperation between
Appolonia City, Ghana. With an expected Canadian mining operator’s Blanket gold Mali and Lithuania. The Malian Ministry of
capacity of 5 MWp, the installation will mine, located 15km northwest of Gwanda, in Energy and Water through the Renewable
reinforce the electricity distribution network Matabeleland South. Energy Agency of Mali (AER-Mali) has
of this new city located near the Ghanaian Carried out on the London Stock benefited from a special program on climate
capital Accra. Exchange, the capital raised will initiate the change from the Lithuanian Ministry of the
Nearly a year after signing an agreement construction of the facility, which is expected Environment called “Transfer of Lithuanian
with Appolonia City, Axcon Energy is to counteract shortages in Zimbabwe’s knowledge and experience to Mali through
launching the construction of a photovoltaic electricity supply. the installation of solar energy technologies”.
solar power plant to reinforce the electricity The project involves three phases, the first
grid of this city located in the greater Accra of which will produce 6.55 MW. During this
region in Ghana. The plant, which will be initial phase and throughout daylight hours,
built in the Appolonia Industrial Park, will the plant will supply electricity to the mine,
have a capacity of 5 MWp, and will enable whereas during non-daylight hours, the mine
the reinforcement of the electricity network will rely on electricity from the national grid

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