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  • Kenya: Obama's Power Africa Initiative Short of Goal Despite Gains

    Posted on :Tuesday , 12th September 2017

     New York — A new report on Barack Obama's main legacy project for Africa shows it is falling short of his original goal of bringing electricity to 20 million households in Kenya, Tanzania and four other countries by 2018.

     
    Mr Obama's Power Africa initiative, announced in 2013, has so far helped connect only about half the projected number of households, a. . .

  • Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya

    Posted on :Tuesday , 12th September 2017

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

     
    Until recently, Njoroge’s home northwest of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, was poorly lit at night. Mos. . .

  • Geothermal places Kenya into future

    Posted on :Tuesday , 12th September 2017

     During ‘Kenya Week’ at the 2017 Astana Expo, the country sought to showcase its merchandise and pedigree in renewable energy, especially geothermal.

     
    The international exposition, themed “Future Energy”, which has been running since June 10 and is set to end on September 10 in Astana, Kazakhstan, has attracted a diversity of chartbuster . . .

  • Solar roof tiles help power this secondary school in rural Kenya

    Posted on :Tuesday , 12th September 2017

     Schools in rural Kenya often suffer through frequent power outages, and energy from the national grid can be expensive. But solar roof tiles from Strauss Energy offer a cheaper, renewable alternative. At the 275-student Gaitheri Secondary School in Murang’a County, the reliable source of electricity has enhanced students’ performance since they can study at night, and allowed . . .

  • Kenya Power billed for idle wind farm

    Posted on :Tuesday , 12th September 2017

     The developers of Lake Turkana Wind Power project have started billing Kenya Power #ticker:KPLC every month for its failure to distribute their production due to lack of a transmission line.

     
    This is despite recent discussions between Energy ministry officials and the wind farm managers to delay the billing that would ultimately be passed on to consumers.
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