{"id":37101,"date":"2018-03-12T11:33:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T11:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/adopting-solar-power-is-to-protect-well-being-of\/"},"modified":"2018-03-15T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T12:20:24","slug":"adopting-solar-power-is-to-protect-well-being-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/adopting-solar-power-is-to-protect-well-being-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopting Solar Power is to protect well-being of people-Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kagame was speaking Saturday in New Delhi, India in the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Founding Summit.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance was launched at the Paris Climate Summit in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of State said that the sunniest countries on Earth should not lack for energy. He said that the fact that they do is an unacceptable irony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is fitting that more than half of countries that have signed and ratified the International Solar Alliance treaty are African,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolar power is part of the answer to climate change. To speed adoption and get environmental benefits, it has to be as reliable and affordable as other energy sources. We\u2019re not just protecting the environment; we\u2019re protecting people and their well-being,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To meet the Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union\u2019s Agenda 2063 targets, Kagame said that tremendous expansion in energy production is required in almost every African country.<\/p>\n<p>The International Solar Alliance\u2019s twin mission of facilitating technology transfer and innovative financing is timely, he added.<\/p>\n<p>He urged that advances in solar energy production must be matched by the development of batteries capable of storing it and smart grids to distribute it to customers.<\/p>\n<p>Using of the example of Rwanda, he said an 8.5MW solar power plant in Rwamagana has already helped to stabilise daytime power supply in Eastern Province. He said that the facility has also demonstrated that they can do much more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one trillion dollars needed for solar investments globally in the coming years will obviously not come from governments alone. Public-private partnership is required. The International Solar Alliance\u2019s proposed tools to mitigate credit risk send an important signal to the market that solar energy is a viable business,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said, solar power will not address all of Africa\u2019s energy needs, but it will continue to grow in importance as part of continent\u2019s energy mix.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame said that it\u2019s important to continue to work together through the new institution and beyond, as a way to put collective resources and knowledge at the disposal of planet\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24350 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/solar8-b050c.jpg\" alt=\"Kagame speaks delivers his remarks in the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Founding Summit\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24351 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/solar9-d08e3.jpg\" alt=\"Distinguished Heads of States pose for a photo\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame has urged countries to continue to adopt the use of Solar Power saying that the move not only protects the environment but also protects people and their well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37101"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37101"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}