Featured in Spark of a yellow sun – 07-2022

From fragility to opportunity, via solar

The Desert to Power Initiative, spearheaded by the African Development Bank (AfDB), aims to provide clean, reliable electricity to 250 million people across 11 countries in the Sahel region of Africa. This will involve up to 10 GW of solar, along with a backbone of transmission infrastructure spanning much of the continent from east to west. pv magazine recently met with Daniel Schroth, the bank’s director of renewable energy and energy efficiency, to discuss the initiative.

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Mark Hutchins

18 Jul 2022

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The Desert to Power initiative sets ambitious targets for both solar deployment and access to energy. Could you tell us a bit about the project’s background and aims?The initiative will have many individual projects under one umbrella, across 11 countries that make up the Sahel region, from Senegal in the west all the way to …

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