Kyocera Corporation just announced that it will supply and install its solar power generating systems in Tunisia under a yen-loan project by the Japanese government through Itochu Corporation.
Starting in April 2008, Kyocera will successively install its solar power generating systems in 500 households in villages that do not currently have electricity in the three Tunisian governorates of Kef, Siliana and Beja. These systems will charge storage batteries using power generated during daylight hours and make the power available for residential lighting and other needs at night. Anticipated benefits include new freedom to engage in nighttime studies and side jobs, improved quality of life, and enhanced growth and development for the villages.
[Source: Digital Producer]
I think this is great news, such projects are always more than welcome. Definitely wish more projects like this would pop up around the globe, it’d be a great service to mankind, bringing clean effective solutions to problems in rural areas.
[Via: Groovy Green]
I read the article sometime ago and mentioned it in my blog, too (http://tunisiajapan.blogspot.com/2008/02/solar-power-system-to-tunisia.html). Now I read the exact translation 🙂 I now also know where Kef is. It’s where the chef of the most famous Tunisian restaurant in Japan is from.