In the near future,
every home in Buea may be equipped with a solar panel and the exorbitant
electricity bills which Cameroonians pay may soon be a thing of the past. This
is as a result of a convention that was recently signed between the university
of Buea, college of Technology and Addax petroleum with Mayors of the South
West Region.
According to the
convention, South West mayors will provide funds to the college of Technology,
UB, while the school will in turn provide the various councils with renewable
energy sources. Addax petroleum on its part provided equipment worth Millions
of francs CFA to the College to help train technicians and mining experts who
could one day work in the company.
As a result of the partnership agreement, on
entering the university of Buea campus, one can see that there are new solar
lamp posts alongside the regular ones. Around U-block, there are wind turbines
and a solar panel. The technicians at the Faculty of Engineering Technology say
that these are just baby steps that will lead to achieving the not too distant
plans of making the University of Buea completely autonomous in terms of energy
supply. The engineering and technology students use these facilities to study
and practice how to harness the power of the wind and the sun and convert them
into electricity for use in homes, companies and industries.
It is hoped that this
generation of students will use the knowledge acquired to contribute towards taking
Cameroon to emergence by 2035.
