(Business in Cameroon) - An independent energy producer and based in the United States, Flatbush Solar has just been selected as the winner of a renewable energy competition held by Access Infra Africa. Flatbush Solar won thanks to its presentation of a construction project of a 20 MW photovoltaic solar plant in Cameroon.
The winner will share a sum of 5 million dollars (around 2.5 billion FCFA) with Quaint Solar Energy, the other winner of the renewable energy competition, which presented a construction project for a 50 MW solar plant in Nigeria.
In addition to this financing to develop their projects, the two winners will receive technical support during the implementation of the two projects, which beat out 53 other projects submitted by 18 African countries.