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  • Kenya: AfDB Approves Sh13 Billion Loan to Link more Households to National Grid

    Posted on :Thursday , 30th June 2016

    About 300,000 households and businesses will be linked to the national grid after the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a Sh13.5 billion loan for a low-cost connection project.

     
    The project targets homes not connected to electricity and which are within a 600-metre radius to a transformer.
     
    The loan, which was approved on Monday, . . .

  • East Africa: Regional Centre Launched to Promote Renewable Energy

    Posted on :Tuesday , 21st June 2016

    Arusha — The East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE) will be hosted at the Makerere University's College of Engineering, Art, Design and Technology.

     
    Speaking at the launch last week, the EAC deputy secretary general (Productive and Social Sectors) Ms Jesca Eriyo said the main aim is to ensure availability of sufficient, reliabl. . .

  • Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia Electricity Grids to be Interconnected

    Posted on :Monday , 13th June 2016

     Iringa — The implementations of the first phase of projects to interconnect the nation electricity grid to that of Zambia and Kenya is expected to be completed in September.

     
    The project dubbed Backbone Transmission Investment Project (BTIP) will interconnect national grid to that of Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) through Zambia.
     
  • Report Says Kenya Amongst Top Nations in Green Power

    Posted on :Wednesday , 8th June 2016

    Kenya has developed the fourth-largest geothermal energy in the world, putting the country among top green energy economies.

     
    The latest Renewables Global Status report shows that the amount of geothermal energy in Kenya's national grid expanded to a total of 600 megawatts (MW) by the end of 2015.
     
    Geothermal now accounts for over a quar. . .

  • Uganda: UETCL to Build $100 Million Power Sub-Stations with Chinese Aid

    Posted on :Tuesday , 7th June 2016

     Kampala — A Chinese construction firm has embarked on the construction of the four mega sub-stations at Luzira, Namanve, Mukono, and Iganga industrial parks.

     
    Mr Mark Namungo, the senior power analyst at the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), said the project is expected to cost$100m (Shs337b) which was borrowed from the Chinese Exim. . .

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