Kengen is set to increase Masinga Dam water carrying capacity by raising the Dam wall hence increasing capacity by 22 per cent. The proposed project which is at feasibility study stage will increase the Dam carrying capacity which is currently at 1.5 billion cubic meters. During a media tour organized by the Company, Masinga Power […]
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KENYA: Kakamega gets a medical waste treatment plant
KENYA: Kakamega gets a medical waste treatment plant©County Government of Kakamega A unit is processing 60 tons of medical waste per day in Kakamega County, Kenya. On June 30th, 2021, the facility was commissioned by local authorities. In Kenya, Kakamega County has a new medical waste treatment plant. The facility was recently launched by the […]
Kenya’s women entrepreneurs held back from corporate procurement–IFC Study
Traders sell vegetables during a market day at Daraja Mbili. /FILE Women-owned businesses in Kenya face structural barriers that limit their ability to secure contracts with large companies for growth, according to a study by the International Finance Corporation(IFC). Commissioned as part of IFC’s wider efforts to connect women entrepreneurs to new markets, the study […]
African nations should invest more in clean energy
Windmills for electric power production the Egyptian desert When it comes to energy production in Africa , renewable sources have been on the rise. This is buoyed by the vast availability of clean energy sources such as the sun, water, geothermal and wind. Although the transition to renewable energy sources in the last decade has […]
KenGen earns Sh2.6 billion from commercial innovation
KenGen offices Ol Karia . EZEKIEL AMING’A Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has so far earned Sh2.6 billion in revenues from commercial innovation initiatives over the last nine years. This emerged as the company held its 9th Global Innovation Seminar virtually for two days ending today. It also emerged that the company made a […]
Explore the virtual trade show of GeoTHERM, June 24-25, 2021
Kurita Waters virtual booth at GeoTHERM, June 2021 The geothermal energy sector is growing and more and more companies share details about their activities in the sector, such as Kurita. Geothermal energy and its utilization is not free of challenges, including those related to the composition of the subsurface geology. This can have effects such […]
KenGen forced to modify hydropower projects to adapt to climate change
Ken- Gen Chief Energy Planner Willis Ochieng’ during an interview with The Standard on June 17, 2021. Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is on course to modify their hydropower projects to make them resilient to changes in climate. The modifications include increasing the number of turbines or the storage capacity of the dams. The company, […]
Kenya Utility Joins Global Emissions Project, Plans Carbon Trade
Kenya Electricity Generating Co. , Africa’s largest geothermal producer, joined a United Nations-backed emissions-reduction program as it looks to begin a domestic carbon market. KenGen, as the state-run company is known, announced its participation in the Business Ambition for 1.5°C program on Wednesday. Under the project, the company commits to emission-reduction targets through investments in […]
KenGen joins universal campaign against global warming
•The campaign dubbed ‘Business Ambition for 1.50C’, is backed by a global coalition of the United Nations leaders, business organisations and Non-Governmental Organizations. •By joining the campaign, KenGen commits to annually disclose its Greenhouse Gas emissions as a way of checking and reducing its carbon footprint. Ken Gen Managing Director and CEO, Rebecca Miano The […]
KenGen joins UN-backed campaign against global warming
KenGen produces about 72 percent of the electricity consumed in Kenya, with over 80 percent of this being sourced from renewable sources/COURTESY- KENGEN NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 16 – Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has joined the UN-backed global campaign to combat global warming, becoming the first public service agency in Kenya company to do […]