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Solar rules are geared towards a safer and sustainable sector

Workers inspect solar panels at a photovoltaic power station on a hill in Linyi, Shandong province, China.[Reuters]

In 2019, an NGO based in Turkana filed a complaint with the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) over defective installation of a solar system worth approximately Sh6 million. Poor workmanship by the solar technician was cited as cause for the faulty installation. Unfortunately, the solar technician could not remedy the situation and the NGO suffered the loss.

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