The government says Kenya has imported 200 megawatts of renewable energy from Ethiopia, coming at a time when the country is looking to embrace clean energy sources fully.
According to the Energy Cabinet Secretary (CS) Davis Chirchir, who hosted the 30th Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) on Tuesday, the country is also engaging in energy exchange with Uganda.
“Kenya has already reaped the rewards of regional integration through bilateral frameworks, such as importing 200MW of renewable energy from Ethiopia and engaging in energy exchange with Uganda,” Chirchir said on his X page.
The CS assured that these strategic initiatives will reinforce the reliability of the energy supply in the country, which will, in turn, guarantee reduced power outage risks.
The CS continued by saying that further plans are in the advanced stages for the completion, commissioning, and operationalization of the Kenya-Tanzania interconnector and other lines that will guarantee energy circulation in the region.
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These regions include Egypt-Libya, Egypt-Sudan, Ethiopia-Sudan, Ethiopia-Djibouti, and Uganda-Rwanda.
“Over the next few weeks as a follow-up to this week’s meetings, we will be looking to approve some proposed policies, plans, and budgets which we believe will help scale up the interconnectivity of the Eastern Africa grid going forward,” he stated.
Additionally, he said that these partnerships among nations will mend the enormous power gap currently experienced in Africa.
