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Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC has won yet another international contract to drill three geothermal wells in Djibouti.
The company has signed Sh 709,822, 630 contract with Office Djiboutien De Development De lenergie Geothermique .
The ceremony, in Galla Le Koma, Djibouti, was attended by Kenya s Energy Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Charles Keter, and KenGen Managing Director and CEO,Rebecca Miano.
Speaking during the event, Keter pointed out that African nations shared the common aspiration of delivering electricity to their people. Although energy access policies have continued to bear fruit, with 2019 data showing tremendous progress, we have seen the Coronavirus pandemic reverse the gains. We can only remain optimistic that things will change in 2021, the CS said.
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Macharia Kamau |
December 15th 2020 at 08:25:09 GMT +0300
solar panel and turbine with sunset background. clean energy power in nature concept (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Kenya has emerged as the single largest market for off-grid solar products globally.
The country, for instance, accounted for nearly a third of all off-grid solar products sold globally between January and June this year.
A report by the Global Association of the Off-grid Solar Energy Industry (Gogla) showed that over the period, manufacturers affiliated to the association sold 3.03 million units of off-grid products across the world.
These included lanterns, television sets, water pumps and refrigeration units as well as complete solar home systems.