THE STANDARD By
Macharia Kamau |
March 4th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
The move is expected to help tea factories cut nearly 50 per cent of their power bills. [Courtesy]
Kenya Power is expected to feel the heat as more firms switch to solar to cut electricity bills. Barely do weeks lapse without a company applying for a licence to generate its power using solar.
The firms then sell the excess electricity to Kenya Power. The latest firm seeking to lower power bills is the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), which plans to install solar power generators in its 29 factories.
The move is expected to help tea factories cut nearly 50 per cent of their power bills.
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Kenya Breweries and East Africa Maltings want to generate electricity to backup supply by Kenya Power, joining manufacturers seeking independent energy sources.
in a notice, the two subsidiaries of East Africa Breweries Limited said they intend to set up renewable energy generators at Nairobi and Kisumu plants.
The East African Malting plans to set up a KVA generator at its Kampala Road plant with a capacity to generate 2.2 megawatts of electricity.
Kenya Breweries Limited on other hand plans to generate at least 9.3 megawatts at its Ruaraka plant and a 2.4-megawatt from solar power in Kisumu. The purpose of this power generation is for own use as a backup during power outages from the national electricity provider to ensure continuity of operations, the brewer said.