#Kenya

The new line means that residents from Kimuka and the area will benefit from stable and reliable electricity supply.

Construction of a transmission line with a substation set to power Kenya’s “silicon valley” is ongoing.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) wants Kenya and Tanzania to speed up the signing of three key agreements.

The AfDB and the UK have announced selected the Kenya’s Transmission Network Improvement Project as a beneficiary project under the Room to Run Sovereign transaction (R2RS).

KenGen is seeking to establish a local manufacturing plant for transformers and motors to diversify its revenues that mostly come from the sale of electricity to Kenya Power.

Kenya Power has reported a 46 percent increase in cases of transformer vandalism in the past financial year, impacting 242 transformers compared to the previous year’s 165.

Kenya Power now says it will resolve the challenge of transformer backlog in the country within two months.

KETRACO is increasing the country’s grid circuit length and replacing older lines built on timber poles.

Kenya, Nairobi: German Chancellor in Kenya has launched upgrading projects at the Olkaria geothermal plant, providing $76.4 M (€70 M) co-funding.

Kenya, Nairobi: Kenya’s Energy Principal Secretary Alex Wachira has condemned the continued vandalism of transformers by copper thieves in the country.

Kenya’s Ministry of Energy has confirmed that a major substation that will serve Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, is to be commissioned later this year.

Kenya, Nairobi: Construction of a 1,045 km ‘electricity highway’ between Kenya and Ethiopia has been completed with the facility expected to go live in four months’ time.

Kenya, Nairobi: The interconnectors linking Kenya’s transmission lines to the Ethiopian and Tanzanian national electricity grids are to be completed in 2022.

Kenya: Criminals are holding consumers ransom in Kenya by causing frequent blackouts to scam unsuspecting citizens.

Kenya: Kenya’s installed power generation capacity increased from 2,265 MW in 2017 to 2,984 MW as of June 2021, a 31.7 % increase.

Kenya: The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) will lend $35 M to the Kesses solar generation plant in Kenya.

Kenya: The 52 MWp Malindi Solar Plant in Kenya is exporting 40 MWac of power into the national grid since 14 December 2021.

Kenya: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PowerGrid) has signed an agreement with infrastructure investor Africa50.

Kenya, Murang’a: Criminal gangs have vandalised transformers worth $35,874 (Sh4 M) in three months in Murang’a county.

Kenya, Kiserian: All of the 60 turbines at the Kipeto wind farm reached commercial operation in the first week of July and are now producing power to the grid.

Kenya, Nairobi: Kenya’s electricity distribution utility, Kenya Power, has added another substation to its growing network.

Kenya, Nairobi: Solar power has proven to be the solution needed by flower farmers in Kenya to support their energy-intensive businesses.

Kenya, Nairobi: Kipeto Energy Plc (KEP), today announced it has connected Kipeto wind farm to the national grid and will start generating power in the next week.

Kenya formally launched Africa’s biggest wind power plant, a mammoth project worth $680 M that already provides nearly a fifth of the country’s energy needs.

Mariakani, the 400/220 kV substation, is set to allow supply of more levels of geothermal power to the coastal economy, according to Kenya Electricity Transmission Company.

Kenya: Fernandes Barasa from KETRACO said that through the 220kV/400kV line, western parts of the country will receive geothermal electricity.

Kenya Power has installed a 2.5 MVA transformer at the Garissa substation to enhance its capacity and ensure enough supply to the town of Garissa.

Kenya Power has commissioned a $128M gas-insulated substation (GIS) in Nairobi, a modernized indoor 220 kV substation that will replace the 50-year-old facility at Juja Road, boosting power transformer capacity by more than 50 percent.