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Jasper Oduor discusses the East Africa Power Pool
Jasper Oduor, the Secretary General of the East African Power Pool indicates that the master plan was first developed in 2005 has since changed. The EA community is now 5 nations vs. the initial... Read more
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Renewable Energy Integration into the United Nations
The UNEP in Nairobi is designing a building in Nairobi to house 1,200 staff members. It will incorporate water efficiency and recycling, greening through green zones inside the buildings, waste... Read more
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Lowering Energy Costs through Energy Efficiency
Vinod Kumar with Kenafric , the winner of KAM 2009 Energy Management Awards illustrates how they have saved over 5,000kWhs a month through minor modifications to their venting... Read more
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Rural Electrification - The growth segment in the energy space
Anjali Shankar, Director General of IED and member of the advisory board of Alliance for Rural Electrification , makes the case for rural electrification being one of the growth segments... Read more
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East Africa Power Industry Convention - PS Nyoike's perspective.
Permanent Secretary Nyoike in his opening remarks at the East Africa Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) enumarated five primary challenges that the Power Industry in East Africa faces: ... Read more
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We join the Alliance for Rural Electrification
Renewable Energy Ventures has joined the Alliance for Rural Electrification . We are very impressed with the work that the Alliance is doing in bringing various stakeholders together and... Read more
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Kenya plunged into a Nationwide power black out
Kenya today was plunged into a nationwide black out. According to media reports, the MD of KPLC indicates that the black out is as a result of a technical fault at the at the Aggrekko power... Read more
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Local Investors can play a key role in financing access to energy
The just completed Infrastructure bond by KENGEN clearly indicates that there is the demand ( the bond initially set out to raise $200M ) and the capacity - local retail investors bought $284M... Read more
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Kenya's KENGEN Infrastructure Bond raises $334M to invest in Geothermal, Wind and Hydro
Kengen, the largest energy generator in Kenya, has raised $334 Million, well over it's original target of $200Million, to be invested in energy generation. Kengen will be adding to its already... Read more
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Africa Renewable Energy Alliance formed
Represenatives from variuos African countries meeting in Addis Ababa formed the Africa Renewable Energy Alliance ( AREA ). The aim of this alliance is to speed up electrification and take on... Read more