Peter Njenga

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Leading the battery storage build-out

Kenya's state-owned power producer has a $77 million package to build its first utility-scale batteries. KenGen will install a 100-megawatt storage network at four sites: Olkaria in Naivasha, Kipevu in Mombasa, Embakasi in Nairobi and Muhoroni in Kisumu.

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KenGen has finished rebuilding all three units at Olkaria I, Africa's oldest geothermal plant, lifting output to 63 megawatts from 45. Managing director Peter Njenga says the station is running reliability tests and should be formally commissioned before the end of 2026.

Updated 17 hours ago