Canadian solar project developer SkyPower has signed a Sh220bn (US$2.2bn) agreement with the government of Kenya for the development of a 1,000 MW solar power project over the next five years. The deal is part of Kenya's ambitious programme to raise its power capacity from about 2 GW to 5 GW by 2018, by developing renewable power production such as geothermal, wind and solar power. A 100 MW wind project is planned in Kajiado County by Kipeto Energy (construction and 15-year service agreement contract signed with GE) and national power company KenGen plans to build a 400 MW wind power project in Meru as of 2016. This project would be larger than the flagship 300 MW Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in the north-east part of the country.
SkyPower is developing more than 25 GW of solar power projects worldwide, with 6 GW recently announced in bilateral agreements for development in Egypt and Nigeria by 2020.
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