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Agilitee Africa set to build electric car
assembly plant in Ghana
GHANA AGILITEE Africa, a South African-based green Lamba, announced the venture on December 7,
tech company, is set to launch an electric vehicle said Ghana was chosen as a destination because
assembly plant in Ghana. it is ripe for a green revolution.
The company is the final stages of discussions “We believe that Ghana is more ready for
with partners in Ghana towards laying a solid this green revolution following the efforts of the
foundation for the assembly, and subsequent President (Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo)
production of electric vehicle solutions. to push not only Ghana but the entire continent
These solutions include battery swapping towards that direction,” he said.
stations, solar charging facilities and other eco- Clean energy sources including solar, bio-
friendly products, such as solar television sets. mass and wind are rapidly becoming favourites
The Agilitee Africa plant, when established, globally in delivering sustainable energy supply
will further boost the government’s vision to with several advantages including being more
make Ghana a competitive hub in the automo- efficient, eco-friendly and cost-effective in the
bile industry. long term.
Agilitee Africa chief executive Dr Mandla
Kenya’s Olkaria 1 Unit 6 geothermal plant
set to start operating in 2022
KENYA AN 83MW geothermal plant unit now being to support economic growth. The company
built should start feeding into the national grid is accelerating deploying of renewable energy
in early 2022, the Kenya Electricity Generating sources like geothermal, hydro, wind and solar,”
Company Plc (KenGen) has said. she said in a telephone interview.
Construction on Olkaria 1 Unit 6 of the geo- State-owned KenGen is considered among
thermal plant near Naivasha, which began in the world’s top 10 geothermal energy producers
2018, is set to come on stream in the first quarter as it currently has geothermal installed capacity
of next year, KenGen said. of 706MW.
The bringing online of Olkaria 1 Unit 6 is part The company has total installed genera-
of KenGen’s long-term strategy and Least Cost tion capacity of 1,818MW comprised of hydro
Power Development Plan (LCPDP), focused (826MW), geothermal (713MW), thermal
on providing a sustainable supply of renewable (254MW) and wind (26MW). Of the total, about
energy to support the government’s Big Four 86% comes from hydro, geothermal and wind, all
Agenda for development. renewable clean energy sources.
KenGen chief executive Rebecca Miano said Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, during
that upon starting operations Olkaria 1 Unit 6 his recent visit to Glasgow for the UN Climate
will help reduce the cost of power by displacing Change Conference (COP26) said the East Afri-
thermal energy and meeting the Kenya’s growing can country aims to transition to clean energy by
demand for electricity. the year 2030, in order to reduce carbon emis-
“KenGen is committed to ensuring a steady sions from the energy sector.
reliable supply of competitively priced power
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