- The Malindi solar PV commences commercial operation
- The facility is equipped with 157,000 solar panels
- About 250,000 households will benefit from the project
A new solar photovoltaic plant is set to begin commercial operation in Kenya. The solar park was developed, financed and implemented by UK-based independent power producer (IPP) Globeleq, in partnership with Africa Energy Development Corporation (AEDC), a renewable energy company.
The facility, connected to the state-owned Kenya Power grid, is equipped with 157,000 solar panels capable of delivering 52MWp. It is connected to Kenya’s national power grid via a new 220kV Weru substation.
AEDC and Globeleq financed the project with loans from CDC Group ($32 million) and the German Investment Corporation (DEG), a development finance institution owned by the German development agency Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW). According to Globeleq, the Malindi solar plant can power 250,000 Kenya Power customers while helping to reduce emissions by 44,500 tons of CO2 equivalent per year.