Transmara Sugar plans Sh4.7 billion electricity plant
Transmara Sugar Company plans to produce 25 megawatt (MW) of electricity at its Kilgoris factory for which it is negotiating approval to generate and supply with regulators. The mil…...
Read More Kenya launches Chinese-built 50MW solar power plant
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday launched a 50 MW solar power farm located in Garissa, northeast region, with the plant being one of the largest photovoltaic electricity st…...
Read More KenGen half-year profit nearly doubles to Sh8 billion
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) first half net profit to December 2019 surged 98 percent to Sh8.17 billion boosted by tax savings and drilling works in Ethiopia. The …...
Read More Solar firm seeks Sh2bn for expansion
Pay-as-you-go solar energy company Azuri Technologies is seeking to raise Sh2 billion from private equity firm Sunfunder for expansion in Kenya. SunFunder, which has offices in Keny…...
Read More Chinese firm wins Sh740m Kenya Power meters tender
Chinese firm Shenzhen Star Instruments Company has won a Sh746.2 million tender to supply single phase prepayment meters to Kenya Power . The electricity distributor reveals in the …...
Read More Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to finalize Blue Nile dam agreement this month
Ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed on Wednesday to reconvene in the United States later this month to finalize an agreement on a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile t…...
Read More Four ways South Africa can get more power generation capacity
Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique are the largest producers of tea, while Ethiopia, Uganda, Cte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, and Madagascar are the major producers of coffee…...
Read More Progress in rolling out of national power grids has stalled across Africa
Coming up: Megawatt Africa trade fair & conference, 17-19 June 2020, Accra, Ghana: http://megawattafrica.com/--Three years ago the African Development Bank launched an initiativ…...
Read More Saudi's ACWA Power To Drive Solar Energy Development In Ethiopia
Dec. 23 -- ACWA Power, a leading international developer and operator of power generation and water desalination projects, signed two long-term power purchase agreements (PPA) with …...
Read More Chinese group unveils plan for new African wind power giant
Sany Heavy Industries announces 600MW agreement in Tanzania that could set new regional benchmarkDec. 20 2019 -- by Yuki Yu in BeijingChina’s Sany Heavy Industries said it secured …...
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