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CS Energy Charles Keter (R) leads a delegation from Uganda and KenGen on a new Olkaria V power plant tour in Naivasha. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]
The Government’s plan to phase out thermal power is in high gear as KenGen seeks to pump in an additional 83MW to the national grid by the end of the year.
According to the power producer, the electricity will be generated from Olkaria’s additional Unit 6 in Naivasha which is nearing completion.
This comes barely a week after KenGen announced that electricity demand had shot up from 1,661MW at the height of Covid-19 to 1,994MW as more industries resumed operations.