Electricity News in Kenya
| 12/10/2024 - Eastern Africa Power Pool member nations announced plans to launch a centralized Day Ahead Market (DAM) in 2025, a regional power trading initiative expected to benefit more than 620 million people. |
| 10/30/2024 - The Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) vertical of Larsen & Toubro has won new orders in the Middle East and Africa for expanding and strengthening the electricity grids at high-voltage levels. ... |
| 10/8/2024 - Off-grid solar is the most cost-effective way to power 41% of people globally by 2030 who are still living without energy access. The sector already provided 55% of the new connections in sub-Saharan ... |
| 10/1/2024 - Henkel has achieved a groundbreaking sustainability milestone, with its Nairobi, Kenya manufacturing site now fully powered by 100% renewable electricity. This accomplishment marks a significant step ... |
| 5/8/2024 - The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) has reconnected Kisii County to the power grid after an attack on its substation plunged the county into darkness on Tuesday. A gang rai... |
| 12/21/2023 - Abyssinia Iron and Steel Limited signed a Power Purchase Agreement with Norway’s solar power financier Empower New Energy. The 25-year contract will result in the construction and operation of a 2,5 M... |
| 11/29/2023 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Wednesday approved a €101.10 million loan to Kenya to implement the third phase of the Last Mile Connectivity Project. The project will ... |
| 11/15/2023 - Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen), has stepped up hydropower generation after the large dams in the Eastern Region recorded improved inflows over the past week on the onset of ongoing ... |
| 9/13/2023 - Renewable energy generation and storage opportunities were a key focus at last week’s Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, culminating in $26 billion in new funding commitments to climate projects. A lar... |
| 9/5/2023 - In a major commitment to fast-track climate-resilient economic growth in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, Husk Power Systems announced the “Africa Sunshot” initiative, with a goal of having 2,500 net-zero mi... |
| 8/17/2023 - JinkoSolar will supply a 1.1 MWh energy storage system (ESS) integrated with a 500kW PV project to a refugee camp in Kenya that will secure a more stable supply of power. JinkoSolar’ s ... |
| 8/31/2016 - Leading television news channel CNBC Africa will broadcast the ministerial opening session of the East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) that is taking place on 21 September in Nairobi. The en... |
| 9/16/2014 - Kenya plans to add 500 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the national grid from natural gas deposits, the energy minister said, taking steps to address chronic power shortages that critics say have dis... |
