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Kenya wins big in energy awards in Washington

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By Paul Wafula | Sep 23, 2016

Kenya has won several Energy awards at the ongoing World Energy Engineering Congress in Washington DC.

KenGen’s 280MW Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant bagged the Innovative Energy Project of the Year Award, while the utility’s MD, Eng Albert Mugo won the prestigious Energy Manager of the Year Award in the sub-Saharan Africa category.

Other categories won include Energy Engineer of the Year (Muriithi Eustace Njeru – Energy Regulatory Commission), Corporate Energy Management (Sarova Hotels), Energy Professional Development (Lawrence Mang’erere), Energy Project of the Year - national (Standard Bank Global Leadership Centre for Energy Management) and Young Energy Professional of the Year (Chris Mbori - Eenovators Limited MD).

The Awards sponsored by the Association of Energy Engineers recognizes individuals and companies that have demonstrated notable contributions to the sector.