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?Solar mini- grids solution to achieving 100 per cent electrification in Kenya by 2022

Solar mini-grids on a house. [Courtesy]

The country could achieve 100 per cent electrification by 2022 in line with its National Electrification Strategy if it adopts the option of solar mini-grids as a source for electricity connection, Kenya’s leading water and energy solutions company Davis & Shirtliff has said.

It’s expected that solar mini-grids will play an important role in the pursuit of universal access to modern energy especially across rural Africa, particularly where grid extension is technically or financially improbable.

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