#Kenya

Kenya Power orders 3,319 transformers from local manufacturers to clear backlog and replace stolen units, aiming to restore power quickly.

The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) has energized a new 400 kV Kenya-Tanzania transmission line.

The Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) vertical of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured orders in the Middle East and Kenya.

Kenya’s high court has suspended a $736 million deal between state utility KETRACO and India’s Adani Energy Solutions to build and operate power infrastructure.

KETRACO has signed a deal with Adani Energy Solutions to develop transmission lines and substations.

Kenya has granted a public-private partnership concession to construct transmission lines to the Adani Group of India and Africa50.

The new line means that residents from Kimuka and the area will benefit from stable and reliable electricity supply.

Construction of a transmission line with a substation set to power Kenya’s “silicon valley” is ongoing.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) wants Kenya and Tanzania to speed up the signing of three key agreements.

The AfDB and the UK have announced selected the Kenya’s Transmission Network Improvement Project as a beneficiary project under the Room to Run Sovereign transaction (R2RS).

KenGen is seeking to establish a local manufacturing plant for transformers and motors to diversify its revenues that mostly come from the sale of electricity to Kenya Power.

Kenya Power has reported a 46 percent increase in cases of transformer vandalism in the past financial year, impacting 242 transformers compared to the previous year’s 165.

Kenya Power now says it will resolve the challenge of transformer backlog in the country within two months.

KETRACO is increasing the country’s grid circuit length and replacing older lines built on timber poles.

Kenya, Nairobi: German Chancellor in Kenya has launched upgrading projects at the Olkaria geothermal plant, providing $76.4 M (€70 M) co-funding.

Kenya, Nairobi: Kenya’s Energy Principal Secretary Alex Wachira has condemned the continued vandalism of transformers by copper thieves in the country.

Kenya’s Ministry of Energy has confirmed that a major substation that will serve Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, is to be commissioned later this year.

Kenya, Nairobi: Construction of a 1,045 km ‘electricity highway’ between Kenya and Ethiopia has been completed with the facility expected to go live in four months’ time.

Kenya, Nairobi: The interconnectors linking Kenya’s transmission lines to the Ethiopian and Tanzanian national electricity grids are to be completed in 2022.

Kenya: Criminals are holding consumers ransom in Kenya by causing frequent blackouts to scam unsuspecting citizens.

Kenya: Kenya’s installed power generation capacity increased from 2,265 MW in 2017 to 2,984 MW as of June 2021, a 31.7 % increase.

Kenya: The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) will lend $35 M to the Kesses solar generation plant in Kenya.

Kenya: The 52 MWp Malindi Solar Plant in Kenya is exporting 40 MWac of power into the national grid since 14 December 2021.

Kenya: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PowerGrid) has signed an agreement with infrastructure investor Africa50.