KenGen CEO and Managing Director Rebecca Miano, (3rd Left) poses for a photo with top managers and staff during the launch of the Y-Gen program. Kenya Electricity Generating Company has launched a youth empowerment programme dubbed Y-Gen, that seeks to promote career development of young employees as part of the company’s diversity mainstreaming agenda. Launched […]
While solar and wind are the dominant segments in the transition to renewables , a number of emerging markets are looking to geothermal sources as a way to meet future energy needs. Geothermal energy – which is generated when pipes drilled into the earth’s surface supply steam to power electricity turbines – lags behind other […]
Kenya Power engineers carry out maintenance work at a power Sub station. Imagine buying a phone charger today to use in the next 1000 years. Sounds funny, right? But this is exactly what utility firm Kenya Power did between 2006 and 2012. An audit of the power distributor’s stock data seen by the Star shows […]
Construction of Aluto Langano small geothermal power plant in Ethiopia to commence The Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has announced that it has surpassed a crucial stage, a depth of 450 meters to be precise, in the ongoing Aluto-Langano geothermal project in Ethiopia. The announcement was particularly made by Rebecca Miano , the Managing […]
While solar and wind are the dominant segments in the transition to renewables , a number of emerging markets are looking to geothermal sources as a way to meet future energy needs. Geothermal energy – which is generated when pipes drilled into the earth’s surface supply steam to power electricity turbines – lags behind other […]
Electricity consumption by homes and factories in Kenya hit an all-time high in the first six months of this year, indicating improving economic activities in the country. Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows homes and factories consumed 4,690.49 gigawatts hours (GWh) in the six months to June compared to 4,296.23 GWh […]
Kenya power officer attends to a power line in Migori town Parliament is probing the huge disparity between the amount Kenya Power pays independent power producers (IPPs) and State-owned KenGen for electricity sales, in yet another attempt to bring down the cost of energy . KenGen sells electricity to Kenya Power at a wholesale price […]
[Courtesy] Every year on August 26, the world joins the United States of America in marking the Women’s Equality Day – a day that was designated by the US Congress in 1971 to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Half a century on, […]
Construction of the Aluto-Langano geothermal project in Ethiopia is on track. The Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) announced that it has surpassed a crucial stage on the project. According to Rebecca Miano, the Managing Director and CEO of the leading electric power generating company in East Africa, the first 450 meters is the most […]
A stockbroker at the Nairobi Securities Exchange trading floor. FILE PHOTO | NMG British gold miner Papillon is set to list on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) mainboard in September after completing the first phase of its dual listing at the London Stocks Exchange this month. The company will be renamed Caracal Gold following a […]
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