- CrossBoundary will install a 1.2MW solar plus storage off-grid for Zoodlabs in Sierra Leone.
- The plant will power the company’s fibre optic facilities.
- The off-grid plant is expected to reduce carbon emissions by 347.41 tonnes annually.
Kenyan-based CrossBoundary Energy will install an off-grid hybrid solar power plant at Zoodlabs’ – a digital and technology services provider – fibre optic facilities in Sierra Leone. CrossBoundary signed a partnership agreement with Zoodlabs, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Shell Foundation, PowerHive and Netis for the project. The clean energy company will install the off-grid solar power plant coupled with a battery storage system to power Zoodlabs’ undersea fibre optic facilities in the West African country. In addition, these partners will provide between $1.5 and $2 million in capital investment to construct the 1.2MW solar plus storage plant.
James Shoetan, CrossBoundary Energy’s Head of Business Development, believes that the plant will help Zoodlabsto meet its target of improving broadband internet access in Sierra Leone. “We are delighted to be working with Zoodlabs, PowerHive and Netis to deliver this important project for Sierra Leone’s digital economy. This is a great example of what we believe solar energy can do to revolutionise business in Africa,” says Shoetan.
Zoodlabs estimates that the plant will decrease its carbon output by 347.41 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions yearly.