China Establishes Solar and Biogas Pilot Projects at Malawi Universities

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Malawi
Country	Malawi
Start Date	Jan 01, 2011
End Date	May 18, 2033
Duration	8,173 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`831`

Grant Description

In 2011, China pledged to assist Malawi in setting up solar and biogas pilot projects at universities. The Chinese will install demonstration projects to help train renewable-energy engineers.

Natural Resources, Energy, and Environment Minister Grain Malunga praised the pledge and said that the projects will be able to generate a total of 90 MW and train renewable-energy engineers. The current status of these projects and their value cannot be determined.

📚 Sources & References

http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/malawi-power-2010-12-10
DEVELOPMENT: CHINA PUTS ITS STAMP ON MALAWI
China Puts Its Mark on Malawi Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.