Tender Launched to Build Solar PV Plants in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda

Posted on :Monday , 8th February 2021

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a tender for the construction of ground-mounted solar projects with capacities ranging from 60 to 500 kW across Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. "Bidding companies will be expected to offer on all the sites eventually selected for the tender," the UNHCR specified.

The projects will have a combined capacity of 1.8 MW and can. . .

Sh500 Million Released by Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project to 19 Private Companies

Posted on :Thursday , 29th October 2020

Residents of off-grid areas in Kenya are intended to benefit from the sale of quality solar and clean cooking products following the release of Sh500 million from the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP) to 19 companies to facilitate the sale of their products in these counties.

The released funds have provided the companies with the necessary facilitation to move into the countie. . .

Smart solar-powered water desalination system connected in Kenya

Posted on :Tuesday , 6th October 2020

GivePower, a non-profit organisation providing solar energy and clean, affordable water, has positioned a seawater desalination system at Likoni in Mombassa County in eastern Kenya.

Powered entirely by solar energy and battery storage, GivePower's desalination systems are housed in 20-foot shipping containers and capable of transforming 70,000 litres of brackish and/or seawater into clea. . .

Kenya: Marco Borero wraps up financing for Nyeri solar PV project

Posted on :Monday , 24th August 2020

The Marco Borero Company has recently closed the financing for its solar photovoltaic project in Nyeri in central Kenya. The solar power plant that will be linked to the grid will have a capacity of 1.5 MWp.

The Nyeri solar project is now arriving at the construction phase. Marco Borero Company lately completed its financing with the partaking of numerous financial institutions, together. . .

Kisumu solar power plant (40 MWp) to be operational by December 2023

Posted on :Wednesday , 5th August 2020

Kisumu solar power plant in Kenya is said to be commissioned by December 2023. This information comes from Valens Partners Inc, a financial company based in Toronto, Canada and co-developer of the Kisumu One Solar Limited (KSOL) project with Ergon Solair Africa, the subsidiary of the American company Ergon Solair PBC, an independent power producer (IPP) in the United States.

The two proje. . .