Kenya: Construction of solar farm gets green lightThe long awaited construction of East Africa’s largest solar power plant in northern Kenya is set to commence as Kenya Power agrees to a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement. Power plant developer, Rural Electrification Authority (REA), announced last week that it has concluded a PPA with Kenya Power to sell electricity generated from the solar farm at $0.12/kWh. Solar farm project delayedIn Q1 2016, REA had announced that construction of the plant would start in July but the project suffered delays, partly because of prolonged talks for the PPA with Kenya Power, media reported. The solar farm will sit on 85-hectares of land with 200,200 solar panels and is expected to be the largest in East and Central Africa. Solar power on the riseMedia reported that the country’s total power capacity stands at 2,333MW, with solar power accounting for less than 1%.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 03, 2016 07:41 UTC