The inauguration of a 75 kWp solar system of rules to power Rift Valley Roses bloom farm in Naivasha took property on Thursday . The solar projection will keep up to 68 t of CO2 emissions per class and lower the commercial enterprise ’ energy account . ego - consumption solar systems are well suited to cut across the daytime Department of Energy needs of flower farms and are becoming increasingly popular in the industry . The project was implemented by ecoligo , a German - based solar company with a subsidiary in Kenya .
The startup use up place at the 24 - hectare farm in northerly Naivasha , where client were able to take a tour of the system and the surrounding greenhouse . Over 40 people attended the event , including key histrion in Kenya ’s thriving floriculture industriousness as well as vigor expert active in the part . Speakers admit ecoligo CEO Martin Baart , Stuart Millar , Director of Rift Valley Roses , Valerie Leisten , Project Manager at Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Kenya ( AHK ) and Mark Muinde , Managing Director at Harmonic Systems , ecoligo ’s installing and service partner for the organization .
Increasing energy prices position a central challenge for many businesses in Kenya . low-cost solar energy is a viable alternative , however solar system of rules typically require high upfront payments and desirable financing options are n’t uncommitted . ecoligo provides a to the full financed solar - as - a - table service solution , managing the system in cooperation with local partners to insure truehearted response to maintenance requirements and provide a scuffle - spare , affordable and clean rootage of DOE .
ecoligo ’s solar project are finance on the crowdinvesting platformwww.ecoligo.investments , where Rift Valley Roses is one of five flower farms in the Naivasha and Thika areas to gain from solar scheme fund by private investors . For Rift Valley Roses Owner Stuart Millar , the reformist nature of the project is in rail line with the farm ’s core values . He say :
“ Our ship’s company ’s journey is term Tukuza through which we have create a workings environment where communicating is the fundamental groundwork . Tukuza signifies a Kiswahili phrase and render to we can always make it better . We think that using solar power is one way of making it well and it ’s our part in sustaining the Kenyan environment . ”
Martin Baart , chief executive officer of ecoligo , say : “ When my cobalt - founding father Markus and I were working in Kenya in 2013 , we learned about the great office of prime farm in Kenya ’s economy . We were enthusiastic about the Kenyan solar grocery as much as we were about flower farms being the ideal client : reputable , successful businesses that have a positive impact on the local economy and residential area but are in pauperism of solutions to reduce their high energy cost . ”
This project is part of the International Climate Initiative ( IKI ) . The Federal Ministry for the Environment , Nature Conservation , Building and Nuclear Safety ( BMUB ) fend for this go-ahead on the basis of a decision follow by the German Bundestag .
For more information : Ecoligoecoligo.com
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