Power costs to drop with new clean energy deal

Kenya Power CEO Ben Chumo (right) and Craftskills Wind Energy International director Kenneth Namunje during the signing of the deal. Kenya Power last week signed a deal to purchase clean energy from Kipeto Energy Limited in an effort to bring down the cost of electricity. (PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/ STANDARD)

Kenya Power last week signed a deal to purchase clean energy from Kipeto Energy Limited in an effort to bring down the cost of electricity. This will inject an additional 100MW power into the national grid as part of the 5,000MW of additional power generation required to project Kenya as a competitive business hub.

The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) will run for 20 years. The farm, located near Kiserian, is Kenya’s second largest wind power producer after the 300MW Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in Marsabit.