Kenya Power seeks users of planned 5,000MWKenya Power will focus more in connecting industries as it moves to create demand for 5,000 megawatts planned to be added to the national grid in the next four years.
Speaking at the East African Power Industry Convention held yesterday, Kenya Power acting chief executive Mr Ben Chumo, told regional investors in the sector that the electricity distributor will target to raise annual power connections from the current 300,000.
“We shall increase the total annual connections to 500,000,” Mr Chumo noted.
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Apart from industries, Kenya Power is also targeting the Special Economic Zones- specialized manufacturing areas that are targeted to be established in various parts of the country to spur industrialization- as potential markets for electricity.
“We are targeting the growth of Special Economic Zones to consume this energy. We look forward to utilizing it beyond schedule,” said Mr Chumo.
This is in addition to the mining industry which the company reckons will attract aggressive activity following recent discoveries of oil and gas deposits that are hoped to generate increased interest in the country’s minerals.
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