The article implies that the President has influence on the coal plant in question – what Ndii calls “the controversial Lamu coal power plant”. But unlike coal, solar power needs advanced battery and storage facilities. As a result, they demolished their fossil-powered generators and chose instead to rely on wind, solar, and similar “green” energy. It could not cope with demand and, unlike a fossil power plant, wind cannot just be “turned up” to generate more power when needed. Australia’s Federal Energy Minister, Josh Frydenberg, said the massive blackouts were caused by the intermittence of solar and wind power.

Source: Daily Nation June 09, 2017 21:45 UTC