By LYNET IGADWAHMore by this AuthorEast Africa’s largest solar power plant in northern Kenya is set to start operations later this year, adding clean and affordable power to the national grid. The 55-megawatt solar plant in Garissa is expected to produce power for 625,000 homes. The solar plant, expected to cut Kenya’s carbon emissions, sits on an 85-hectare parcel of land with 200,200 solar panels. China Jiangxi is the contractor of the solar farm using a Sh13.7 billion ($135.7 million) loan from China’s Exim Bank. Commencement of construction works at the solar plant suffered delays, blamed partly on prolonged talks for the power purchase agreement (PPA) with Kenya Power.

Source: Daily Nation February 22, 2018 08:36 UTC