Biggest Sub-Saharan wind farm planned

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Ethiopia is planning a 120MW wind facility to supplement its unreliable hydro-electric energy plants

The largest wind farm in Sub-Saharan Africa is to be built in Ethiopia following an agreement between the country's national power company and France's only wind turbine maker. The Ethiopian Electric...

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