by Kawi Hub | Aug 1, 2022 | Innovation
A strategic decision by Premier Food Industries, the maker of Peptang tomato and chilli sauce, to install energy efficient equipment is returning the firm millions in savings. Based in Baba Dogo on the outskirts of the capital Nairobi, the firm installed...
by Kawi Hub | Jul 29, 2022 | Policy
Kenya plans to lower its power system losses to 15% by 2025 from nearly 23% currently, in what could hand Kenya Power $15.71 million in savings per year. A longer term target is to cut the losses to about five percent by 2040, according to the Kenya Energy Sector...
by Kawi Hub | Jul 28, 2022 | Markets
Kenya will from November begin buying 200MW from Ethiopia following a bilateral power trade deal that will see the capacity double over the next three years. “Kenya Power has formally executed its power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) to...
by Kawi Hub | Jul 14, 2022 | Projects
Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has announced plans to build a vast geothermal spa to potentially rival Iceland’s popular Blue Lagoon. If built, it will be Kenya’s second geothermal spa, after the one operated by Kenya Electricity Generating Company...
by Kawi Hub | Jul 5, 2022 | Markets
About 60 percent of hydropower stations in Africa are over 20 years old, in what calls for their modernisation and embedding of new, more efficient technologies for optimal production. This is according to the 2022 Hydropower Status Report by the International...
