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Seychelles has signed an agreement with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) for setting up a solar-powered cold storage of capacity 5 metric tonnes to be installed on La Digue Island
Seychelles has signed an agreement with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) for setting up a solar-powered cold storage of capacity 5 metric tonnes to be installed on La Digue Island. The agreement was signed by Minister Flavien Joubert during the Seychelles-ISA hybrid side-event entitled “Opportunities in Seychelles for scaling Solar Projects” held recently in the ISA Pavilion at the COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
The project is part of the ministry’s plan to address the many challenges facing the agriculture sector in Seychelles. It will also provide training and job opportunities to the inhabitants. While flagging the threat being posed to Seychelles because of climate change, the minister highlighted the various initiatives Seychelles was undertaking in line with the country’s commitment to fighting climate change.
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Seychelles’ principal secretary for energy and climate change, Tony Imaduwa, shared the current situation of the country and its plans to develop renewable energy, while principal secretary for agriculture, Keven Nancy, summarised the efforts Seychelles, was taking to strengthen the agriculture sector, such as a national plan to improve the local contribution to the country’s food security status and the plans for the agricultural sector to generate 50 percent of what the locals consume in order to reduce the issues of food security.
