Burkina Faso: European Commission starts disbursements for Zagtouli solar


Issue 309 - 09 Oct 2015 | 1 minute read

The European Commission (EC) has begun disbursements from a €25m ($28m) grant for grid strengthening as part of the 33MW Zagtouli solar photovoltaic power plant project. The grant from the tenth European Development Fund was approved in November 2012, and the financial agreement was signed in April 2013, with Burkinabe mines and energy minister Salif Lamoussa Kaboré and EC development commissioner Andris Piebalgs saying at the signing they hoped the power plant could start up in 2014.

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