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Malindi solar plant injects
clean power to Kenya’s
national grid
KENYA GLOBELEQ, a leading independent power com- the first independent power producer (IPP) that
pany in Africa, has announced that its 52MW is renewable energy technology based in Kenya’s
Malindi Solar photovoltaic (PV) plant has been coastal area.
exporting 40MW of power into Kenya’s national The $69mn solar plant is located in Lan-
grid since 14 December 2021 gobaya in Malindi district in Kilifi county, about
The 52MW plant is jointly owned by Globe- 120 kilometres north-east of Mombasa port.
leq and the Africa Energy Development Cor- “Malindi is our tenth operational solar PV
poration (AEDC). Financing of was arranged plant in Africa and cements our unique position
by CDC Group of Britain as lead arranger and as a leader in large scale solar generation,” Globe-
sourced $52 mn in debt financing, including leq chief executive Mike Scholey said.
$20 mn from DEG, the German development Electricity is sold through 20-year agreement
finance institution. to Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC)
“The plant is delivering clean renewable for distribution. The project included building a
power to supply approximately 250,000 resi- new 220kV Weru substation, already handed to
dential customers and will avoid 44,500 tons of KPLC, and is now part of national grid.
carbon dioxide (CO2) -equivalent emissions “Malindi project has reached this all-im-
annually,” Globeleq said in a 21 January press portant milestone and is contributing to Ken-
release. ya’s supply of renewable affordable electricity,”
The facility of 157,000 photovoltaic panels is AEDC director Zohrab Mawani said.
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