Kenya
Wind project largest single private investment in Kenya
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 Toby Price The Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) aims to provide 300 MW of reliable, low-cost wind power to the Kenyan national grid; equivalent to approximately 20% of the African nation’s current instal...
Kenya
Favoured renewable source, geothermal, has “considerable” potential
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 Toby Price Dublin-based Research and Markets has released its Kenya Power Report Q2 2012 report, concluding that the country’s increasingly diverse energy mix could be bolstered by untapped geothermal resource...
Kenya
Plans in place to build Kenya’s first biomass plant
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 Toby Price According to the Kenyan press, TowerPower, a joint venture between Kenya’s Comcraft Group and Powergas International of the UK, is to build the East African country’s first biomass power plant. As...
Kenya
OpenHydro to partner with EDF Renewables on second tidal power project
Monday, 05 September 2011 REMOpenHydro Group Ltd., an Irish maker of tidal turbines, is planning a second marine energy project in French waters with Electricite de France SA, Europe’s biggest power producer.
Kenya
First solar module factory in East Africa opens near Nairobi
Monday, 05 September 2011 REM Ubbink B.V., Centrotec Sustainable AG’s Dutch subsidiary, has opened East Africa’s first factory for solar modules in Naivasha, near to the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Ubbink East Africa Ltd p...
Kenya
Ormat to expand geothermal plant
Tuesday, 12 April 2011Geothermal developer Ormat Technologies will expand its existing Olkaria plant in Kenya, after signing a 20-year power purchase agreement with local utility Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC).
Kenya
Kenya affirms commitment to renewable energy powered future
Tuesday, 22 February 2011The Kenyan government has recommitted itself to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by dramatically increasing its reliance on various forms of renewable energy.
US bio-fuel producer qualifies for ISCC recognition
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