Early this year, the wines and spirits distiller signed a contract with Solar Century to instal the largest solar roof in East Africa. Solar Century has also installed solar panels at the Garden City development and Williamson Tea, which unveiled its 1MW solar farm two years ago at the Changoi tea farm. At Garden City, solar panels power the mall’s activities during the day. A few years back, Izael Pereira, a renewable energy expert and professor, installed solar panels at Strathmore University, saving the institution millions of shillings in power costs. M-Kopa, for instance, is taking prepaid power to rural areas and has installed electricity in 340,000 homes across East Africa.

Source: Standard Digital July 04, 2016 20:42 UTC