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Kenya looks to more renewable plants and imports to meet rising power needs


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Issue 518 - 19 Dec 2024 - By Marc Howard | 14 minute read

As demand surges, Kenya is looking to new power developments and imports from the Eastern Africa Power Pool to increase on-grid capacity, with KenGen advancing a new fleet of renewable projects, while a vital new interconnector with Tanzania has been energised and there are signs the IPP moratorium could soon end, writes Marc Howard, recently in Nairobi.

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