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Originally published by The Standard BusinessOctober 3, 2025
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Kenya firms boost own power plants as national capacity falls
About half of the installed captive capacity is from solar power plants...
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Kenyan firms significantly increased their investment in private power plants, boosting their combined output by 71.3 megawatts (MW), as the national electricity grid experienced a decline in capacity. This surge in captive power generation reflects companies' efforts to reduce energy costs, achieve green goals, and improve power reliability.
- Private sector captive power capacity rose to 603.8MW, a 13.4 percent increase, while the national grid's installed capacity dipped to 3,192MW by June 2025.
- The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) reported that nearly half of this new capacity comes from solar power plants.
- The new captive capacity of 71.3MW is comparable to two geothermal plants in Menengai, Nakuru County, each with a capacity of 35MW.
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