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11:19 / 09 February 2023	Electricity Generation	Globeleq hires Toyota Tsusho to build 35-MW geothermal plant in Kenya
9:37 / 06 January 2023	Electricity Generation	Kenya's KenGen eyes 3 GW of renewables under 10-year plan
9:53 / 15 December 2022	Electricity Generation	Globeleq secures debt for 35-MW geothermal project in Kenya
16:36 / 07 December 2022	Banking/Financial Services	Mirova SunFunder lends USD 2.7m for C&I solar in Kenya
17:35 / 24 November 2022	Business and Consumer Services	Solarise Africa secures USD 33.4m debt for C&I solar in Africa
14:43 / 12 September 2022	Business and Consumer Services	Bboxx teams up with Unilever brand to provide home solar in Kenya
15:58 / 31 August 2022	Electricity Generation	Toshiba ESS, KenGen sign MoU on geothermal power cooperation
14:58 / 22 June 2022	Electricity Generation	Kenya ups geothermal capacity by 83 MW but one project still in limbo
11:47 / 20 June 2022	Electricity Generation	Mirova acquires renewables financier SunFunder
10:57 / 09 May 2022	Banking/Financial Services	Empower, CI1 to back development of 100 MW of solar in Africa
14:42 / 31 March 2022	Electricity Generation	Kenya's KenGen starts testing new 83.3-MW geothermal plant
15:03 / 15 March 2022	Electricity Generation	African apparel maker United Aryan puts up 1.8-MWp rooftop PV system
9:41 / 07 February 2022	Electricity Generation	Alten locks EAIF debt for 40-MW solar project in Kenya
13:23 / 21 January 2022	Electricity Generation	Globeleq's 52-MWp Kenyan solar farm is up and running
14:43 / 21 September 2021	Banking/Financial Services	Clean energy financing platform Nithio raises USD 23m to scale lending ops
13:10 / 07 July 2021	Electricity Generation	Kenya's 100-MW Kipeto wind park is fully commissioned
15:24 / 02 June 2021	Electrical Components/Equipment	Renewvia Energy secures USD-1m of SIMA funds for solar mini-grids in Kenya
14:56 / 19 May 2021	Chemicals	Maire Tecnimont begins work on renewables-powered fertiliser plant In Kenya
17:27 / 05 March 2021	Electricity Generation	Weekly renewables M&A round-up (Mar 1-5)
9:38 / 01 March 2021	Electrical Components/Equipment	EDF buys into solar installer Bboxx's Kenyan ops
13:03 / 26 January 2021	Electricity Generation	Kenya's 100-MW Kipeto wind park connects to grid
15:33 / 30 October 2020	Electricity Generation	Econet, RBH to develop 175 MW of solar in Africa - report
15:49 / 14 September 2020	Electricity Generation	Exploration drilling starts at 600-MW geothermal prospect in Kenya
14:59 / 07 September 2020	Banking/Financial Services	Swedfund commits USD 12m to SunFunder solar fund
17:01 / 21 July 2020	Electricity Generation	Kenya secures victory in ICSID arbitration over cancelled geothermal licence
7:33 / 13 April 2020	Electricity Generation	Ergon Solair gets nod for 40-MW FiT-backed solar project in Kenya
10:02 / 19 March 2020	Electricity Generation	Renewvia, DPI to co-develop solar microgrids in sub-Saharan Africa
7:18 / 11 February 2020	Electricity Generation	Google backs out from Lake Turkana wind farm stake buy - report
11:01 / 06 February 2020	Electricity Generation	Kenya's 3rd largest wind project secures PPA with KPLC
15:12 / 07 November 2019	Electricity Generation	Kengen launches RfQ for 140-MW geothermal project
14:06 / 24 September 2019	Electricity Generation	EIB, FMO finance construction of two 40-MW PV parks in Kenya
8:24 / 10 September 2019	Electricity Generation	USTDA backs wind-plus-battery project in Kenya
14:54 / 04 September 2019	Electricity Generation	Windlab, Eurus sign MoU for 80-MW hybrid energy park in Kenya
15:14 / 03 September 2019	Electrical Components/Equipment	Engie to acquire Mobisol to boost off-grid solar ops in Africa
8:53 / 16 August 2019	Building Construction	Kenya greenlights placement of 1st green bond
13:28 / 05 August 2019	Beverages	Diageo commits GBP 180m for renewables, water recovery at African breweries
13:21 / 19 July 2019	Electricity Generation	Kenya inaugurates today 310-MW Lake Turkana wind farm
16:25 / 25 June 2019	Electricity Generation	MCX Environmental invests in USD-100m solar park in Kenya
11:28 / 04 June 2019	Electricity Generation	UPDATE - Marubeni, shareholders invest USD 26m in off-grid solar installer Azuri
8:21 / 04 June 2019	Electricity Generation	Marubeni buys into African solar home systems provider Azuri