by Kawi Hub | Sep 28, 2022 | Projects
Developers around Kenya’s capital Nairobi are increasingly opting to build green buildings in efforts to help occupants save on their power and water costs, and lower their carbon footprints. Mi Vida Homes’ residential project at Garden City shopping mall complex is...
by Kawi Hub | Aug 17, 2022 | Projects
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has opted to raise Masinga hydroelectric dam’s spillway instead of the dam’s wall as earlier planned after conducting feasibility studies. The elevation plan was originally designed to increase dam water catchment, in...
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 | Jun 21, 2022 | Projects
Developing alternative energy projects whose consumer tariffs match or fall below existing traditional electricity sources in the national grid without State subsidies has long remained an uphill task for economies looking to shift to green energy. Known as grid...
by Kawi Hub | May 5, 2022 | Projects
Ruzizi III hydropower plant being jointly developed by DRC, Rwanda and Burundi will go operational in the 2025/6 financial year, according to World Bank, which is partly funding the mega project. The 147MW power station is the first regional power project in East...
by Kawi Hub | Apr 25, 2022 | Projects
Finnish firm Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply new equipment to increase by 50% the capacity of a gas-fired power station in Egypt. Kahraba, a subsidiary of Egypt Kuwait Holding (EKH), contracted Wärtsilä to deliver new generating equipment that will grow by 20MW...
