US Finance Minister Yellen attended the starting ceremony of a rural power generation project in Senegal. This project will provide reliable power to the local 350,000 people and provide about 500 jobs for 14 states in the United States.
Comprehensive Reuters and Voice of the United States reported that Yellen on Saturday (January 21), which was visiting in Africa, arrived at this place where the power generation project led by the Weldy Lamont Engineering Company, Yellen's African visitThe purpose is to expand the relationship between the United States and Africa and deal with challenges such as climate change, food security and debt.
Yellen said that the power generation project has received technical assistance from U.S. Power Africa, which has obtained capacity construction through the US Trade Development Agency and received US imports and exported banks of US $ 2.5 million (about 135 million new newYuan) loan guarantee.
Yelun said: "Our goal is to further deepen economic relations, invest in expanding energy, and spread the use of renewable resources in all parts of Africa."
Senegal's electrification popularization rate is the highest in Africa southern Africa, between 70%and 80%, but there are still many restrictions in the use of electricity in rural areas.This power generation project includes an important renewable energy factors and power the 70 villages through solar grids.
Yellen said that power generation projects will allow Senegal to rely on domestic energy resources, economical and effective, and is not affected by the turbulent energy price turbulence caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Yellen said that the U.S. Power Africa initiative has helped 165 million people across Africa to obtain reliable electricity.The goal of the initiative is to increase the clean energy of at least 30,000 meters by 2030, more reliable power generation capacity, and 60 million new home and commercial power supply connections.
