Turbine set up, Olkaria 1 Unit 6, Kenya (source: KenGen) As part of the announcement on Kenya’s commitment to fast-track the deployment of renewable energy as a driver for economic development in the country. KenGen announced that it expects to bring the 83 MW Olkaria I Unit 6 expansion project online this month or early […]
The government of Kenya has contracted a US firm, K&M advisors to conduct a feasibility study for gas power generation in Mombasa County. The move follows the country’s desire to cut its reliance on Dar es Salaam for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which has seen the Tanga plant in Mtwara service nearly half of the […]
US power company Ormat continued to earn huge payouts from the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) despite lower output at its Olkaria wells, exposing the downsides of protective electricity purchase contracts. Kenya Power is the biggest revenue basket for the US firm outside America contributing 16.3 percent of total revenues in the nine months […]
KenGen offices at Ol Karia. Power generator Kenya Electricity Generating Company (Kengen) is targeting to add its 83 megawatts Olkaria 1 Unit 6 geothermal plant to the national grid next year. Speaking at the plant tour on Thursday, Kengen MD Rebecca Miano final touches are being done to the plant whose construction started in December […]
Kenya and Japan Governments alongside and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) are holding the Second Japan-Africa Public-Private Economic Forum in Nairobi as a business collaboration event that has rounded up people from the highest levels of the public and private sectors in Japan and Africa to discuss how all these sectors can work together to […]
A consortium of 18 pension funds is seeking to invest up to Sh30 billion in public projects through the public-private partnership (PPP) model as members look to diversify their asset portfolio and raise returns for pension savers. The Kenya Pension Fund Investment Consortium (KEPFIC), whose members control about Sh300 billion in assets under management, said […]
KenGen MD Rebecca Miano addresses the press on the progress of the construction of the 165 Megawatts power plant at Olkaria in Naivasha Kenya’s demand for electricity has shot up to more than 2,036 megawatts following the reopening of the economy that had been battered by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Kenya Electricity Generating […]
Electricity consumption by homes and factories in Kenya hit an all-time high last week, indicating improving economic activities in the country. Data by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) showed that Kenya’s maximum power demand crossed the 2,036-megawatt (MW) mark this week, the highest ever recorded in history from a record low 1,661MW in […]
Contract signing with ODDEG, Galla Le Koma, Djibouti, with Kenya’s Energy Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Charles Keter, and KenGen Managing Director & CEO, Mrs. Rebecca Miano (source: KenGen) The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has announced that they have started the drilling of geothermal wells in Djibouti. Drilling is expected to take about two months. This […]
Power generator KenGen is spending millions servicing loans for projects worth Sh84 billion that don’t bring in revenues. Some of the projects have stalled for 10 years and others are being used by different companies to generate revenue but are not benefiting KenGen. Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu’s report on KenGen for the year to June 2021 […]
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