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  • Kenya: Loans for Solar Systems Make Power Affordable in Rural Kenya

    Posted on :Wednesday , 13th September 2017

     Naivasha — Access to credit enables villagers to buy solar equipment in instalments - easier and cheaper than a grid connection

     
    It is early evening in Ndabibi village in Naivasha, and there are threatening clouds overhead. Kenneth Njoroge quickly parks his motorcyle by the mud structure that serves as his kitchen and rushes into the main house before the. . .

  • Kenya: gov to shoulder Lake Turkana Wind Power bill

    Posted on :Wednesday , 13th September 2017

     In East Africa, developers of the Lake Turkana Wind Power project are billing Kenya Power monthly due to its failure to distribute the generated power as a result of a lack of transmission infrastructure.

     
    According to the Daily Nation, this is despite recent discussions between energy ministry officials and the wind farm managers to delay the billing, which wo. . .

  • Kenya wants more solar

    Posted on :Wednesday , 13th September 2017

     Kenya’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) to seek experts to undertake a study on the uptake of the PV technology in Kenya.

     
    The regulator said the study is intended to assess the current status of the solar PV industry in Kenya, establish the capacity of installed solar PV systems, identify the factors hinderin. . .

  • Kenya: U.S. Gives U.S.$0.9 Million for Clean Power Project

    Posted on :Wednesday , 13th September 2017

     The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed a $897,192 (Ksh89.7 million) grant for a feasibility study to evaluate the development of three small hydroelectric plants in Kenya.

     
    Virunga Power Kenya Ltd will use the grant to evaluate viability of sites for power generation and propose the best way to connect homes and businesses to clean, r. . .

  • Power Africa highlights its geothermal activities and commitment in new Annual Report

    Posted on :Wednesday , 13th September 2017

     In June 2013, Power Africa launched with the goal of doubling access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa by increasing installed generation capacity by 30,000 MW) while adding 60 million new household and business connections by 2030. In February 2016, the U.S. Congress passed the Electrify Africa Act of 2015, which charges Power Africa with increasing installed generation capacity by 20. . .

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