renewable energy Stories
The newly installed 1.16 megawatt-hour (MWh) BESS will supply uninterrupted power to KenGen’s 52-kilowatt Modular Data Centre (MDC), a facility design...
According to the audit, the corporation violated procurement laws by paying for services that had not been planned for and whose execution could not b...
According to the AfDB, women in Kenya face a significant financing gap that hinders their ability to fully participate in and benefit from the renewab...
As the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) convened, Greenpeace Africa called on the continent's environmental ministers to demo...
The 2025 Index places Kenya at position 88 globally out of 118 surveyed countries, down from last year’s rank of 70. ETI score has also declined from...
Their dreams of transforming agriculture through solar-powered water pumps have been shattered by ongoing anxiety and uncertainty caused by recurring...
The project is being supported by EIB Global, the development arm of the European Investment Bank and Germany’s development agency GIZ.
With access to green skills, women’s productivity in the green economy could triple. This is especially the case in agriculture, energy, manufacturing...
The regulations require waste to be separated into hazardous and non-hazardous categories, with non-hazardous waste further divided into organic and n...
According to IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera, renewables keep breaking their own expansion records each year, but there are challenges of g...
The masterplan has been drawn up so that it aligns with South Africa’s existing national target of adding 3–5 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity e...
The president noted that many rural areas remain without electricity, even as national access has grown from 29 per cent in 2013 to 75 per cent today.
Speaking during the contract signing, President Ruto said the initiative was part of Kenya's goal to achieve universal electricity access by 2030.
Kenya stands out as a major geothermal electricity producer, accounting for approximately 43 per cent of total geothermal electricity generation in th...
As of now, geothermal contributes 26.37 per cent, solar photovoltaic systems (12.38 per cent), and wind energy (12.19 per cent) to the national grid.
Notably, solar and wind energy sectors are leading this growth.
By 2015, Kenya had already developed a 15-year strategic plan for Kenya's nuclear power programme.
Kenya currently spends $500 million (Sh64.5 billion) a month on petroleum imports.
Ruto said Africa will keep pushing for the correction of financial disparities and unfair systems that leave the continent with less than two per cent...
Hussein Mohammed, the Board Director of REREC, said the project will promote sustainable energy solutions and rural electrification, catalysing socio-...
Rwanda and Tanzania were also said to be on course to achieve the same milestone as Kenya.
Nick Oluoch, formerly of the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC), allegedly used forged academic papers to secure his job.
For the first time, true energy reliability has arrived, illuminating new horizons of socioeconomic possibilities.
