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How Africa's fastest solar power project is lighting up Rwanda

“Arise, shine for your light has come,” reads a sign at the entrance to the first major solar power farm in east Africa.

The 8.5 megawatt (MW) power plant in Rwanda is designed so that, from a bird’s-eye view, it resembles the shape of the African continent. “Right now we’re in Somalia,” jokes Twaha Twagirimana, the plant supervisor, during a walkabout of the 17-hectare site.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/23/how-africas-fastest-solar-power-project-is-lighting-up-rwanda?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_term=renewable%20energy,climate%20change,solar&utm_campaign=Climate&__surl__=IgS3E&__ots__=1448394675231&__step__=1

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