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Burundi Inaugurates First Utility-Scale Solar Field

The 7.5MW plant is in Mubuga in the central Gitega province.


By Chriselle Moraes
The official inauguration of Burundi's first grid-connected solar power plant took place on 9 May at Mubuga in the central Gitega province. The president of Burundi, Évariste Ndayishimiye, was in attendance. The 7.5MW photovoltaic plant has been operational since May 2021 and supplies over 10% of Burundi’s electricity. The solar farm is the

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