Ivory Coast to build 25 MW solar power station
(WorldNews Business)

ABIDJAN, May 24 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast plans to build a 25-megawatt solar power plant in the north of the country as it seeks to bolster a strained power grid with renewables, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. The 23.6 billion CFA franc ($40 million) plant will be built by Korhogo Solaire, a subsidiary of Morocco`s Nova Power, and is expected to be operational by 2018, Bruno Kone told reporters after a cabinet meeting. It could be one of the first solar power plants in Ivory...