Featured in Technology Highlights 2017 – 04-2017

Policy Gridlock

Kenya’s PV market: Hopes for greater utility-scale solar development in Kenya have risen steadily over the past two years. But build-out remains negligible, with the International Renewable Energy Agency estimating the country’s cumulative installed capacity at a paltry 24 MW by the end of 2015.

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Brian Publicover

13 Apr 2017

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“There is a lot of opportunity for PV development in Kenya,” says a spokesperson for Japanese solar panel manufacturer Looop, which recently announced plans to build a 40 MW project southeast of Nairobi, noting the country’s abundance of flat land and formidable solar resource.SkyPower Global turned heads in mid-2015 when it signed an agreement with …

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