KenGen to pump another 42MW from solar to the national grid

Visiting German Vice Chancellor Dr Robert Habeck (C) joins senior government officers and a high powered delegation of investors in a tour of the geothermal rich area of Olkaria, Naivasha on 2nd December 2024. He said that Germany would support the country in its expertise in production of geothermal and solar energy. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The push for green energy has received a major boost after the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) announced plans to tap into the national grid an extra 42 megawatts (MW) in the next one year.

The solar energy will be sourced from the Seven Forks Hydroelectric Complex in lower Tana as the government moves to phase out thermal power.