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Japan, US to promote alternative energy in Africa www.nhk.or.jp
Japan and the United States have signed a memorandum of cooperation on developing geothermal power generation in Africa.
The signing came ahead of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD, that opens in Nairobi on Saturday.
Under the agreement, the governments of Japan and the United States will promote investment in environmentally friendly energy sources in Africa. They will focus on jointly carrying out geothermal power generation development in East Africa.
In Africa, only 30 percent of the population has access to electricity. Securing new energy sources has become an urgent issue as the region's economy grows.
Ahead of the memorandum signing on Thursday, Japan International Cooperation Agency, or JICA, together with US aid organizations held a symposium in Nairobi on electric power development.
A JICA official pointed out that some areas in Africa have geological formations that make it easy to acquire high-temperature steam from underground.
The official said Japan can utilize the geothermal power generation technology it has developed as a result of its many volcanos.
Published Date:2016-08-26
