Kenya acticely develops solar enengy

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According to the report, Kenyan firms invested in installing about 15MW of onsite solar power. This year, different firms said they planned to install an additional 26MW, with manufacturers being among the players actively taking up solar.

“Kenya had an installed commercial and industrial solar capacity of some 15MW as of October 2018, according to data from five developers. Their pipelines suggest the market could add another 26MW by the end of 2019,” said BloombergNEF in the report.

A further analysis by BloombergNEF on Kenya’s power sector shows that by end of 2019, solar power could be contributing about six per cent of the power that manufacturers use during the day.

“The average commercial and industrial load in Kenya totals to about 650MW. That could mean that if the 2019 pipeline is fully built, solar could already account for some 6 per cent of midday commercial and industrial power supply in 2020,” said the report.

Moi International Airport in Mombasa is among organisations that have expressed desire to put up a solar power plant as it seeks less reliance on grid electricity. In Nairobi, Two Rivers mall will also be putting up a plant.

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