A renew­able energy project in Kenya is being sup­ported by a grant from France. 250,000 U.S. dol­lars has been granted to the project to pro­vide energy to an area that has a great num­ber of refugees. Resources in the Dertu area of Kenya are also being strained by a pro­longed drought.

From Afrique­jet, we read more about the power needs in the region.

The Dertu mil­len­nium project came at a time Kenya is fac­ing an immi­nent power short­age and an antic­i­pated increase in the cost of energy.

The coun­try is now look­ing for alter­na­tive sources of power, fol­low­ing a long spell of drought that has led to dras­tic reduc­tion of water lev­els in the country’s hydro-power gen­er­at­ing dams.

Dur­ing the last few weeks, there has been dras­tic reduc­tion of water lev­els at the country’s main hydro-dam at Masinga, forc­ing the clo­sure of the 14 megawatt power gen­er­at­ing facility.

Min­istry of Energy offi­cials said the national power grid had lost 40 megawatts of power as a result of the reced­ing water lev­els occa­sioned by the pro­longed drought.

Gov­ern­ment has, how­ever, appealed to pri­vate play­ers to help pro­vide energy through the “Feed in Tar­iff” policy.

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