KenGen Chief Executive Rebecca Miano [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]KenGen is gearing up to start manufacture the solar panels as it eyes to tap the growing local market for solar products. There are also some planned commercial-scale solar power plants, which will be feeding the national electricity grid. KenGen is among those in look to build large scale solar plants, with a planned Seven Forks 42.5MW Solar PV project. Other than the commercial power plant builders, there is also a growing retail market for solar power products with numerous Kenyans using solar products both as a primary source of lighting or as a secondary source and back up. The firm recently competitively bid and won two geothermal drilling contracts in the Aluto and Tulu Moye geothermal fields in Ethiopia.

Source: Standard Digital October 27, 2020 12:31 UTC