Kenyan businesses are making more power on their own these days. This home-grown electricity helps support the national power grid. The news came from an energy conference held recently in Nairobi. Energy companies, customers, money lenders, and government workers attended the two-day meeting.
Businesses create electricity with rooftop solar panels, small water-powered plants, or equipment using leftover materials like sugar cane waste. The power systems sit right at the company locations. Private solar power has reached almost 300 megawatts compared to 210 megawatts on the main grid. Energy experts say this could grow to 1,000 megawatts within five years.
New rules allow customers to send extra electricity to the national system. Users can take back half of it for free within a year. Future regulations will let customers move power across grid lines from place to place. The changes help companies find clean, cheap, and steady energy sources, which matters greatly for factories and shops across Kenya.
Businesses create electricity with rooftop solar panels, small water-powered plants, or equipment using leftover materials like sugar cane waste. The power systems sit right at the company locations. Private solar power has reached almost 300 megawatts compared to 210 megawatts on the main grid. Energy experts say this could grow to 1,000 megawatts within five years.
New rules allow customers to send extra electricity to the national system. Users can take back half of it for free within a year. Future regulations will let customers move power across grid lines from place to place. The changes help companies find clean, cheap, and steady energy sources, which matters greatly for factories and shops across Kenya.
