UKSOL and Weld-Con to partner in Kenya

Buckinghamshire based solar company seals new partnership in promising East African market.

UKSOL UK Ltd (UKSOL), a solar exporting company has agreed a new partnership for work in East Africa with Weld-Con Ltd. (Weld-Con) a Kenyan based firm.

Weld-Con is a 35 year old Mechanical Contracting company operating throughout East and Central Africa. They operate in oil & gas, energy, mining, manufacturing and edible Oils. Now, Weld-Con will work hand in hand with UKSOL using UKSOL panels for projects across East and Central Africa.

Weld-Con has diversified into the renewables energy field by forming an alliance with UKSOL to provide Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) solar solutions to industries, businesses and large real estate developments. They will carry out the feasibility studies for clients and follow through with a turnkey EPC model and will work closely with UKSOL using their solar pv panels for projects across East and Central Africa.

Andrew Moore, the CEO of UKSOL said:

‘As a globally focussed enterprise UKSOL is delighted to build upon our work in East Africa by partnering with Weld-Con Ltd in Kenya. Collaborative working is in our DNA, so I am very pleased that together we are generating new opportunities to boost UK exports and also enabling African nations to develop their renewable capacity thus addressing climate change.’

The Weld-Con Team

Alim Bhanji, the Operations Director of Weld-Con said:

‘We are proud to be working with UKSOL in this region and providing industries and businesses with access to more affordable power from a renewable source. The solar market in this region is still in its infancy and we are confident that the turn key solutions that we are providing to our clients will be an attractive investment. As a leading company in the space of construction, it is our responsibility to ensure that we also lead the way in the pursuit of clean and renewable energy generation.’

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Notes to Editors

• UKSOL Ltd (www.uksol.uk) is a specialist international solar solutions company based at Gerrards Cross, England. UKSOL is a British company producing high quality monocrystalline and polycrystalline solar PV modules to emerging international solar markets in Asia, the Middle East, South America and Africa where it has established a network of distributors and solar system installers.

• The company was founded in 2015 by solar entrepreneur Andrew Moore who has been involved in the global solar PV industry for over 13 years. Andrew is a DIT Export Champion. You can read Andrew’s blog ‘The Solar Entrepreneur’ on our website

• Weld-Con Ltd. was established in 1986, as a Mechanical Contracting company primarily to serve the Petroleum Industry in Kenya. Through the years, Weld-Con Ltd. has seen exponential growth and has evolved into a major player in East and Central Africa as a Prime Mechanical Contractor for construction of storage, processing and transportation facilities for Petroleum Products, LPG, Natural Gas, Edible Oils and Power Generation. They have registered offices in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

• The Founder and Managing Director Zaher Bhanji is an Engineering graduate from the University of Alberta, Canada (1980) and was a Design and Construction Engineer (Oil & Gas Facilities) for Chevron Oil Company in Canada and Sudan from 1980 to 1986. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in Alberta, Canada.

• For more information about Weld-Con Ltd see www.weld-con.com

• For more information please contact UKSOL Press Contact: Ian Geary, Press Adviser Email: ian.geary@uksol.co.uk or Mobile: 07779 589 045