Kenya Breweries Limited managing director John Musunga said the company plans to generate its power before 2030 in an ambitious proposal worth KSh 22 billion
The MD revealed the brewer had partly switched to using solar energy in its new Kisumu plant
Kenya Power has been alarmed by the reduction of power consumption among its key industrial customers opting for much cheaper energy
The East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) has announced plans to ditch the expensive Kenya Power electricity for cheaper and more reliable solar energy to power its factories. A staff member at the KBL plant. Kenya Breweries Limited managing director John Musunga said the company plans to generate its power before 2030 in an ambitious proposal worth KSh 22 billion. "We are committed to sourcing 100% renewable electricity by 2030 in all of our facilities. The KSh 22 billion investment also includes the production of biofuel," Business Daily quoted Musunga. The MD revealed the brewer had partly switched to using solar energy in its new Kisumu plant, where 10% of its electricity requirements was met by renewable energy.
In the green energy plan, the foreign-owned company targets to generate at least 9.3 megawatts at its Ruaraka plant and 2.4-megawatts in Kisumu from solar energy.
The investment would help the brewer reduce carbon emissions by 95% and create over 900 direct and indirect jobs. Total Kenya solarises
In November 2020, KPLC was dealt a huge blow in its bid to continue dominating the market after Total Kenya indicated its 107 stations had switched to solar energy.
In a tweet, Total said the installations was a milestone in line with its goal to solarise nearly 2,500 stations in Africa by the end of 2022. "In Kenya, 107 service stations have been solarised through installation of 3,390 solar panels with 41 stations planned in 2021.The solar energy powers lights, pumps, fridges, air conditioning, coffee machines reducing reliance on the grid," it said. KPLC alarmed by switch to cheaper energy
Kenya Power has been alarmed by the reduction of power consumption among its key industrial customers opting for much cheaper energy.
The lighting company in its 2020 annual report said about 54.8% of revenue from industrial users was on the downward trend.
It generated KSh 63 billion from industrial customers which accounted for 45% of its total revenue.Some of the former power consumers who have since installed their own-generated solar energy are […]