Kenya Power has embarked on several renewable energy projects that will be fully funded by the Treasury at a cost of Sh560 million. The quasi-public company said the solar and wind power projects are intended to reduce reliance on diesel fuel to generate electricity for areas not yet connected to the national grid.
The off-grid power projects in North Eastern and Rift Valley provinces will save the power vendor about Sh50 million annually, usually spent in the expensive thermal power generation.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article