Nigerian solar power provider Starsight Energy plans to expand to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, Sola Lawson, managing director and co-head at African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), tells The Africa Report. Starsight is in the process of finalising an agreement with a partner for the expansion which should be concluded by the end of April. The […]
Kenya’s flowers bloom through solar powered farms
Solar power has proven to be the solution needed by flower farmers in Kenya to support their energy-intensive businesses. These projects including Kenya’s first floating solar power plant are in line with the Kenyan government’s aim to use sustainable sources of electricity, especially in rural areas. Grace Nyachae who runs a fair-trade flower farm called […]
Producers in Biggest Black Tea Exporter Kenya Seek Solar Developers
Tea producers in Kenya, the world’s largest exporter of the black variety of the leaves, plan to boost their use of renewable energy with new solar and hydropower output. KTDA Power Co., a unit of Kenya Tea Development Agency, is seeking contractors for hydro-power plants able to produce as much as 10 megawatts, the agency […]
KTDA Requests EOI For Solar PV Power Plants as IPP for its Power Companies
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR SOLAR PV POWER GENERATION PLANTS AS INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER (IPP) FOR KTDA MANAGED REGIONAL POWER COMPANIES The last date to submit the bids is March 30, 2021 For more information please see below link:
Kenya: Expression of interest to solarise water intake and treatment facility
The Nyahururu Water and Sanitation Company in Kenya invites expressions of interest to solarise its water intake and treatment facility. The expression of interest is aimed at firms able to demonstrate both technical and financial capability to finance, design and construct a Solar Photovoltaic Plant. The Nyahururu Water and Sanitation Company provides water and sanitation […]
Kenya Working to become the Next EA Renewable Champion
Kenya works to set itself as a leader in renewable energy in East Africa. The country started this journey in 2019. Kenya established itself as one of East Africa’s largest beneficiary of renewables and the clean energy market. The government started building the plant that has made the growing East African Nation one of the […]
Kenya’s Increased Solar Adoption Fueled By Cost And Sustainability – Davis & Shirtliff
NAIROBI, Kenya, : Water and energy solutions provider Davis & Shirtliff has attributed the increased appetite by businesses and households for solar energy solutions to the need for affordable and sustainable energy. The company’s Technical Director Philip Holi said Kenya is witnessing increased adoption of solar equipment and solutions as individuals and businesses seek to […]
CFM to install 200 solar-powered desalination units in Kenya
Climate Fund Managers (CFM), a Dutch based blended finance manager, has agreed to co-finance and co-develop the installation of up to 200 desalination units in Kitui County, Kenya The systems are based on innovation by Solar Water Solutions, a Finnish water technology company that has solved how to make clean water with solar power, with […]
Industrial shift to Solar Energy spurs debate in Kenya
A debate on the future of national electricity grid verses off-grid solar energy has heated up in Kenya after electricity distributor, Kenya Power, reported a decline in revenue due to growing shift to solar power systems by heavy-consuming industrialists. The simmering debate has attracted the general public and energy experts across the country on online […]
New Pay-As-You-Go Solar TV In Kenya — Love It
As we’ve been reporting recently, everyone (the fossil-friendly International Energy Agency) and their mother (Lazard) have concluded that solar and wind offer the cheapest options for new electricity capacity, and new solar and wind power plants can even undercut the operational costs of existing fossil and nuclear power plants. We mostly think of this in […]