Publication date: 2017, June
Author: BMZ
Description: The German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), co-chair of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership, has launched his new initiative “Green people´s energy for Africa” as part of the Marshall Plan with Africa. Minister Müller intends to broaden Germany’s support of decentralised energy solutions in rural areas through municipalities, private investments and local cooperatives. Müller: “Africa’s potential for renewable energy is enormous. At the same time, more than half the population of Africa has no access to electricity. Decentralised supply structures based on renewable energy sources are playing an important role to provide quick and effective supply to rural areas.”.
