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Power producer KenGen has secured funds to raise Masinga dam wall as a way of increasing water catchment and ensuring steady supply of cheap hydropower even during dry spells. “KenGen…

Kenya has raced past Italy to emerge seventh largest geothermal power producer in the world, new global data shows. Kenya’s geothermal capacity stands at 823 megawatts (MW), having grown by…

The World Bank has rated Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and Mozambique’s labour pool in hydropower as most qualified on the continent. In a new report on operation and maintenance strategies for…

Power sector experts from the Netherlands have advised power producer KenGen not to raise Masinga dam wall as a way of increasing water catchment but dredge out layers of sand…

Kenyan companies shied away from investing in Africa’s largest renewable energy project, Lake Turkana wind power plant, located in northern Kenya, handing foreigners 100 percent ownership. Carlo Van Wageningen, the…

Hindpal Jabbal bought his first car, a Volkswagen 504, at a cost of four thousand shillings ($40) in 1960, three years before Kenya claimed independence from colonial rule. Back then,…

The story of Kenya’s latest geothermal power plant to go live, Olkaria V, goes back to January 2017 when construction works took off. From the barren, rugged fields full of…

Geothermal cemented its top spot among the energy mix generated by Kenya’s largest power producer KenGen, raking in Sh9.3 billion ($90.3 million) in the first half-year to December 2019. “Geothermal…

Kenya’s Lake Turkana wind plant, which curtails power generation during nighttime when the country’s demand is low, could direct the surplus to electrify pumps for recycling hydroelectric dam water. The…

Kenya’s largest power producer KenGen will enter the bottled water market in May with launch of its drinking water brand. The company, which is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange…