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Company Profile
Kenya Power and Lighting Co Ltd – Company Profile
Kenya Power and Lighting Co Ltd (KPLC), owned by the Government of Kenya, is an electric utility. The company transmits, distributes, and retails electricity. The company procures electricity from Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen), independent power producers (IPPs), Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited, OrPower 4 Inc and Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited, Rabai Power Limited, Iberafrica Power (E.A.) Company Limited, Thika Power, Tsavo Power Company Limited, Triumph Power Generating Company Limited, Gulf Power Limited, and Aggreko. KPLC project portfolio...
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Company Profile
Kenya Electricity Generating Co Ltd – Company Profile
Kenya Electricity Generating Co Ltd (KenGen) is an electricity generation utility. It produces power from hydro, geothermal, thermal, and wind sources. Under power purchase agreements, the company sells power to customers on wholesale basis. Kenya Power and Lighting Co Ltd is the authorized distributor of the company’s electricity sales. The company has electricity generation assets in Olkaria and Eburru Geothermal fields, Kipevu, Eastern Region, Western Region, Upper Tana, and Ngong. KenGen is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Sector Analysis
Kenya Power Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2018 – Market Trends, Regulations, and Competitive Landscape
This report elaborates Kenya's power market structure and provides historical and forecast numbers for capacity, generation, and consumption up to 2030. Detailed analysis of the Kenyan power market’s regulatory structure, import and export trends, competitive landscape, and power projects at various stages of the supply chain is provided. The report also gives a snapshot of the power sector in Kenya on broad parameters of macroeconomics, supply security, generation infrastructure, transmission infrastructure, degree of competition, regulatory scenario, and future potential. An...
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Analyst Opinions
Deep Dive: Power Distribution
The electricity distribution network is expanding globally in terms of line length and capacity. Much of this increase between 2007 and 2017 has come from developed countries such as the US, Russia, and Japan. Frontrunners in the developing world such as Brazil, and India have also largely contributed. This growth is not restricted simply to larger swathes of territories being covered by the utilities, but is also evident in terms of technological innovation. And it seems, in the latter, there...