Saving sunshine for the evening: KenGen wins KSh10.5 billion (about $82 million) for battery storage

Kenya's afternoons are increasingly solar; its evenings still need power after dark. The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has secured KSh10.5 billion (about $82 million) — $45 million from the Global Climate Fund and €32.08 million (about $38 million) from the World Bank's International Development Association — for a battery storage system that keeps excess wind and solar power for the evening peak. The first 100 megawatt-hours will be installed across Olkaria, Kipevu, Embakasi and Muhoroni, and is now at design and tendering stage. KenGen, which supplied 57.2% of Kenya Power's electricity in the year to June 2026, aims to install 500 megawatt-hours of storage in the next few years, alongside its first solar plant, a 42.5-megawatt project at the Seven Forks Cascade.

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