First solar module factory in East Africa opens near Nairobi
Ubbink B.V., Centrotec Sustainable AG’s Dutch subsidiary, has opened East Africa’s first factory for solar modules in Naivasha, near to the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Ubbink East Africa Ltd plans to manufacture around 30,000 photovoltaic modules per annum.
In addition to providing an opportunity to enter a growing market, the Centrotec Group sees its involvement on the African continent as an important plank of its social responsibility. Smaller complete systems such as these, which provide an off-grid, environmentally-friendly power supply – so-called “Solar Home Systems” – have great potential in Africa, and it is envisaged that the new factory in East Africa will produce solar modules mainly for small systems for private residences, village power systems or solar systems for schools, hospitals, for the water supply system and telecommunications. Complete news...