CABINET has approved the establishment of the Presidential Constituency Energy Initiative and Programme, aimed at developing small solar farms of 2 MW for each of the 156 constituencies, resulting in a total capacity of 312 MW. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Local Government says the project is designed to utilise the CDF in order to accelerate the deployment of solar energy across the country. Ministry Permanent Secretary for Technical Services, Nicholas Phiri, says an initial equity contribution of K2.3 billion, which includes K920 million from the CDF loan and disaster components, will be immediately made available to the project in order to commence work. He adds that the K2.3 billion equity is a blend of K920 million from the CDF and...