Kenya: AFD approves €33m for renewable mini grids

The Agence Française de Développement and the Kenyan and French governments signed a financing agreement worth €33m ($37m) on 1 August to support renewable energy powered mini grids. The project is expected to introduce 9.6MW of solar photovoltaic capacity and 0.6MW of wind generation to power 23 mini grids which currently rely on diesel generators. Kenya Power will be responsible for the project, which is expected to reduce the cost of power on the grids by an average of 20%.