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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/New-Tech/In-Rwanda-Israelis-and-Americans-launch-East-Africas-first-commercial-solar-field-390197

Israelis and Americans Launch Solar Energy Field in Rwanda

(Jerusalem Post) Sharon Udasin - The Gigawatt Global company, co-founded by American-Israeli Yosef Abramowitz, on Thursday inaugurated East Africa's first solar energy field in Rwanda. The field's 28,360 photovoltaic panels on a 50-acre plot now supply 6% of Rwanda's power supply. Gigawatt Global is an American-owned Dutch company with an Israeli research and development arm. Abramowitz is also the co-founder of the Arava Power Company, responsible for Israel's first commercial-scale solar field.

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