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Licence hitch denies Strathmore University cash from power sales

The Strathmore University solar panels that are used to generate 0.6 megawatts, with 0.25MW being excess power. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

Strathmore University has been feeding power it has generated to the national electricity grid for more than a year. However, it has yet to be able to bill Kenya Power for the electricity.

In October 2015, the university and Kenya Power signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) where Strathmore would get Sh12 ($0.12) per unit of solar electricity it delivered to the national grid.

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