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Kenya to bar new solar, wind power producers without backup systems

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Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) Chairman Lawyer Julius Migos Ogamba (right) and Principal Secretary, State Department for Energy Alex Wachira address journalists after attending KenGen 71st Annual General Meeting at Eka Hotel, Nairobi on November 30, 2023. PHOTO | LUCY WANJIRU | NMG

By  Peter Mburu

Business Reporter

Nation Media Group

New producers of wind and solar power will need to install battery storage systems before they are allowed to supply the national grid in the latest plan to address frequent outages.

The Ministry of Energy said it was on course to implement the policy to block energy producers under the two categories who lack the Battery Energy Storage System (Bess) as a backup.

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