by Kawi Hub | Aug 29, 2022 | Markets
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) and Akiira Geothermal Ltd (AGL) consortium plan to develop several geothermal projects together in a joint venture deal, which would be the first to be signed by KenGen and an independent power producer (IPP). “The deal...
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 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...
by Kawi Hub | Jun 26, 2022 | Markets
Frequent power outages have forced businesses in sub-Saharan Africa to install backup diesel generators with a total capacity of 45,000MW as of 2021—which is thrice the installed electricity capacity of the entire countries in Eastern Africa. Installing, operating and...
by Kawi Hub | Jun 15, 2022 | Markets
Kenya developed the third largest geothermal energy capacity in the world between 2016 and 2021, a new study shows. The East African country grew its steam power by 0.2GW (equivalent to 200 MW) in the five-year period under review, only behind Turkey and Indonesia,...
by Kawi Hub | May 24, 2022 | Markets
Only half-a-dozen countries in sub-Saharan Africa have a power capacity of more than 4,000MW, shining the spotlight on the continent’s deep investment gaps in the sector. This is according to a World Bank report, which also shows that some other six countries sit at...