R20 and Akuo Energy are pleased to announce that Akuo Energy signed a contract in Paris with the government of Mali to install a 50MW photovoltaic solar power plant in Kita.

This contract follows the first agreement signed in March 2013, between R20 and the Government of Mali to work on renewable energy projects; and a second agreement signed by Arnold Schwarzenegger (Founding Chair of R20) and Eric Scotto (CEO of Akuo Energy) in June 2013 in the presence of Manuel Barroso, former president of the European Commission.

Read the press release on R20's site.

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