How consumers will gain from the closure of thermal power plants
Fred Aminga @faminga New power from solar and wind should inform the decommissioning of expensive thermal plants to bring down the cost of electricity, stakeholders say. Increased consumption of these renewable energy sources, they say, should also work to the country’s advantage, easing the cost of electricity, which has been cited as a driver of […]
Eyes on regulator as Turkana power project comes on stream
Lewis Njoka @LewisNjoka Spotlight now shifts to the energy regulator to see if it will cut electricity prices following the completion of Lake Turkana Wind Power Project which President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to commission today. The project’s Executive Director, Rizwan Faza, said he expected the cost of power to go down by between seven […]