Italians to build Eritrean PV storage unit


Issue 288 - 06 Nov 2014 | 1 minute read

Eritrea is seen as one of Africa’s tougher jurisdictions, but this has not stopped the EU’s European Development Fund (EDF) committing to finance an innovative photovoltaic (PV) solar power system, involving energy storage using batteries. An Italian consortium led by Enertronica, in partnership with Rossi Impianti, has won a tender to design and build the plant. Terms of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, which is valued at around €1m, are to be finalised with the government over the coming months, Enertronica project manager Antonio Bonanni told African Energy.

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