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Kenya Power pays US firm Ormat Sh2.6 billion to allay default fears
A KPLC worker pulls wires as they did the power line transfer on Kisumu-Busia road. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NMG Kenya Power has cleared a Sh2.6 billion power purchase bill owed to US energy firm Ormat Technologies, allaying fears of a default that would have seen the American firm bill the Treasury. The money […]
Job – General Manager, geothermal development, KenGen
Olkaria II geothermal power plant, Kenya (source: ARGeo) KenGen in Kenya has a number of job openings for geothermal positions, including for a General Manager, geothermal development. As part of a variety of new job openings published in the company’s website (check all vacancies here ), Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is seeking to fill […]
Happy International Women’s Day!!! Top messages from senior female CEOs
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 8 -As the world marks International Women’s Day (IWD) whose theme is Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow ,Kenya has not been left behind as it boasts of successful Chief Executive Officers, Managing directors who have steered good leadership in their respective workplaces. Despite the existence of gender gap in various […]
Nema calls for public input on proposed garbage plant
The proposed 45MW waste to energy plant in Ruai, Nairobi, might take off soon. The National Environment Management Authority has asked the public to submit comments on an environmental impact assessment study report for the proposed project. In a notice in the dailies Nema said it received an environmental impact assessment study report from Kenya […]
Rosier times for Kenya’s post-Covid economy despite election jitters: analysts
Economic recovery began with easing of Covid containment measures and gradual resumption of business in the past year. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Market analysts expect rising political temperatures ahead of the August general election, rising fuel prices, lower agricultural output due to potential adverse weather and the desert locust infestation in the northern parts […]
KENYA: KenGen to expand capacity of Olkaria geothermal complex
KENYA: KenGen wants to expand the capacity of the Olkaria geothermal complex ©Belikova Oksana/Shutterstock Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is completing feasibility studies for the construction of Unit VII of the Olkaria geothermal power plant in Nakuru County, western Kenya. At the same time, the company is preparing for the commissioning of the Olkaria VI […]
KenGen posts Sh5b half-year profit on relief measures cut
KenGen head office in Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has reported a net profit of Sh5.12 billion for the six months ended December 2021. This is a slight increase from Sh5.06 billion posted over a similar half in 2020. The marginal increase was attributed to the withdrawal of relief measures […]
KenGen starts drilling geothermal wells in Gilgil
A section of Olkaria power plant in Naivasha. [ Antony Gitonga, Standard] The push by the government for cleaner and green energy has received a major boost with Kenya Electricity Generating (KenGen) company exploring more geothermal power in Eburru area in Gilgil constituency. Under the project, the power generating company is targeting an extra 25mw […]
KenGen earns interest by investing loan funds
KenGen #ticker:KEGN is earning substantial interest income from money it would have used to pay banks after the power producer got loan repayment moratoriums in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The company said its finance income rose by Sh180 million or 22 percent to Sh1.009 billion in the six months to December 2021 on […]