Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is powering forward with its green energy ambitions, officially launching the prequalification process for a 42.5 MWac solar PV plant and a 3 MW / 4.5 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its iconic Seven Forks hydro complex.
[pdf] Innovations include mobile-based energy payments through M-Pesa integration, smart microgrids that monitor usage and efficiency, green entrepreneurship incubators and hubs supporting solar, clean cooking, and e-mobility ventures, and electric mobility (e-mobility) projects like e-bikes and electric buses by startups such as BasiGo and Roam.
[pdf] As of 2022, Kenya had installed over 170 MW of generation potential from solar power, with nearly two thirds of that amount having been added to its grid in 2021 alone. Several factors contribute to Kenya’s solar boom, as I learned on a recent research trip to Nairobi.
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