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KTDA-managed factories cut energy consumption by 15 per cent in efficiency drive

Woman picking tea

Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) factories have reduced the amount of energy used to process a kilo of green tea by an average 15 per cent over the past four years.

The reduction in both electricity and firewood consumption was recorded between 2013 and 2017 through an energy efficiency programme by the agency, Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) and German Development Agency (GIZ). 

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