reply Green energy capacity to help Africa out of its development dilemma

As night falls, people in many remote villages in Africa still rely on candles and kerosene lamps for light. Even in large African cities with power grids, daily life and work are plagued by frequent blackouts. However, this situation is expected to improve dramatically with the popularization of affordable Chinese green energy products and technologies in Africa.　　Africa is rich in renewable energy resources such as solar and wind power. The Sahara Desert provides a large area of sunshine, which is ideal for promoting photovoltaic energy. Africa's long coastline provides unique conditions for the development of offshore wind energy. These natural endowments offer possibilities for green solutions for African electricity.　　Today, some African villages have set up photovoltaic power generation systems so that children can read under electric lights at night, families can use electricity to cook and boil water, and health centers can use simple medical appliances to care for the sick. These projects have not only improved the living conditions of local residents, but also injected new vitality into local economic and social development.　　The China-aided solar energy demonstration village project in Mali, constructed by China Geo-Engineering Group Corporation, is one of the examples. The project installed 1195 sets of off-grid solar household systems, 200 sets of solar street light systems, 17 sets of solar water pumping systems and 2 sets of centralized solar power supply systems in the villages of Konubra and Kallang in Mali, providing clean and reliable electricity for tens of thousands of local residents.　　In Kenya, Chinese enterprises constructed Garissa photovoltaic power station is the largest photovoltaic power station in East Africa. It is understood that the installed capacity of the power station is 54.66 MW, which can meet the electricity needs of 70,000 households totaling more than 380,000 people. At present, the power station has been connected to the Kenyan national grid, helping to improve the production and living conditions of the people in the northern part of the country.　　“We used to have frequent power cuts and sometimes we had to spend a lot of money to generate electricity with diesel generators.” With stable and low-cost electricity, areas such as Garissa can better develop commerce and industry and provide more job opportunities for local people, said Hannington Goch, an expert at Kenya Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation.　　Garissa County resident Elizabeth Vaniku runs a small restaurant, stable power supply allows the restaurant to extend its business hours from the original “seven in the morning and six in the evening” to “seven in the morning and ten in the evening”. “In the past, the meat stored in the restaurant's refrigerator often spoiled because of power outages. Since the photovoltaic power plant, we no longer need to worry about power outages. With longer opening hours, our income has naturally increased.” Vaniku said.　　From the Garissa photovoltaic power plant in Kenya to the De Aar wind farm in South Africa, more than 100 green energy projects under the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) have energized Africa's green transformation.　　Zimbabwean economist Brene Muchemwa noted that Africa has benefited greatly from China's growing green energy industry, especially those affordable green energy products such as solar panels and batteries.　　Rhoda Wadjira, an official at the United Nations Environment Programme, said that cooperation with China has allowed African countries to access advanced technology and support, which is crucial for a successful energy transition.　　In addition, at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), China and Africa furthered the promotion of the Clean Energy Small-Scale Innovation Project. The project focuses on small and medium-sized solar projects in less developed regions of Africa.　　According to Marco Lambertini, former Director General of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), small-scale infrastructures such as microgrids can be a reasonable energy solution for rural areas in Africa and many other remote regions of the world.　　Many African countries have leveraged their cooperation with China to vigorously promote a green transition, prioritizing clean energy, the success of which is critical to achieving global sustainable development.　　Yang Baorong, director of the Economic Research Office and researcher at the Institute of West Asian and African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with Xinhua that China has provided Africa with high-quality and inexpensive green energy technologies and products, making them affordable to more African people. Green energy cooperation between China and Africa has helped African countries transform their huge resource potential into real economic growth.　　He believes that in the new energy sector, China's industrial advantages and willingness to cooperate will enhance Africa's development in the field. “China is a reliable partner for Africa in its pursuit of high-quality green energy. Together, Africa and China can overcome the challenges of climate change and move towards a cleaner, sustainable and prosperous future.”