After several months of preparation, SUNfarming signed a PPA with the Togolese state on Thursday, January 16, 2020, for over 50 MWp Food & Energy plants. Installed on 2 x 50 hectares of land, the systems, in addition to supplying energy, are intended to help up to 50,000 people in the region receive training in the area of organic vegetable and egg production in the next 10 years. In addition, technicians are trained for the solar sector and the basics of electromobility are taught. Like in all other African countries, SUNfarming strives to actively involve GIZ and/or KfW/DEG.
Left to right: Vice President CCIT Remie Moevi, President CCIT Germain Méba, Marc Bidamon, Energy Minister Togo, Peter Schrum, SUNfarming, Tiem Bolidja, Energy Ministry responsible for EE, Prinz Lorenzo Koageh Director SUNfarming Togo, Kossi Amétépé, CCIT 2. Vice President GLE
The SUNfarming Food & Energy facility will be the starting signal for a program to promote rural structural development in Togo. The partner in Togo is the CCIT (Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie du Togo, part of the Ministre du Commerce). It is responsible for the training and operation of the Food & Energy plants, under the guidance of SUNfarming. German storage and processing technologies in the field of vegetables and egg processing are as much part of the overall project as the production planning of e.g. tomato juice and ketchup to attract additional investors in these areas.
The SUNfarming Food & Energy concept can make a significant contribution to the success of the "Development Program in Rural Areas" planned by the Togolese government. In addition to a qualified workforce, this project also provides national and international investors with the energy they need to operate the processing plants that are to be built on site.
SUNfarming Food & Energy Madagascar, 01/2020
“Togo has great potential here thanks to good soils and a suitable climate. The rural areas are barely developed, there is little infrastructure and only relatively simple agriculture. For a growing population and the associated increasing need for food, increased added value and the processing of agricultural products on site is immensely important for Africa. With SUNfarming Food & Energy plants, the economic situation of the Togolese will improve sustainably,” explains Holger Schönherr, SUNfarming Project Manager.
Togo is one of the "Compact with Africa" countries that are particularly supported by the German BMZ. SUNfarming has therefore involved all institutes of the German Development Aid KfW / DEG, GIZ and the German Embassy from the very beginning.
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