Zanzibar , EU signs the solar and wind power project

Zanzibar  government   signed  an agreement  with  European  union EU  to  finance  research activities of solar  power  project , to cost  a  total  of  six  billion  shillings.

Speaking   at  signing  ceremony,    in Zanzibar, Head  of EU  Mission in Tanzania   Filiberto Ceriani  the   five  year  project    would  enable  Zanzibar  to maintain alternative   power  sources .

EU  has  taken  the  step     to  help  Zanzibar  to  deal with  periodical   power  problems  along with  helping  reducing  problems  of activities  attributed  by  world   climate  change, especially  to rural villages ,  he  said

Zanzibar  principal  secretary  in the Ministry  of Water, Land, Settlement  and Energy   AL- Khalil Mirza  said  the  project   would  render capacity   building  to  institutes, information  collection,  policy   and  guidelines .

 The  Research  project  has already  started  regarding    solar – wind  power    and  the  areas   found ,   to  be  maintained,  he  said .