State-owned Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) plans to set up a solar panel manufacturing factory in Murang’ a county with an annual production capacity of 5MW to 10MW.
The factory will be located within KenGen Tana Power Station in Murang’a, in an existing warehouse.
“The new solar PV panel plant is expected to have 5MWe to 10MWe (peak electrical power) yearly production capacity,” says KenGen.
The electricity producer has floated an international tender inviting firms to bid for the construction of the plant.
The successful company will design, supply, install, train and commission a silicon-based solar PV panel production plant.
It will also provide enough solar PV panel materials for the initial production and also train KenGen staff for on-site and off-site operation and maintenance of the plant. Interested companies visited the site on March 18 and will submit proposals by April 15.
KenGen’s announcement comes at a time that local and foreign investors are excited about the prospects of growth in the solar power industry in Kenya. Read more…
