DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 7 -- THE  Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, Felchesmi Mramba, has opened a training course for experts from various institutions in the country on the design, manufacture, and installation of solar energy systems and their use.

The uses of solar energy include boiling, cooking, cooling water, and drying crops using solar energy.

Opening the training today in Dar es Salaam, Engineer Mramba said that the training on solar energy technology is in line with the national priorities in Vision 2050, where the Vision touches on strategies to develop the use of renewable energy in the country.

“Renewable energy, if fully developed, will have a major contribution to economic development, will reduce de...