By the end of the year, Kenya hopes to finish a 98 km (61 mi) energy transmission line to Tanzania, filling a hole in a pan-African supply pool that connects 19 countries.
According
to Kenya's Energy Secretary Davis Chirchir, energy will be able to flow from
Ethiopia as far as Zambia via the high-voltage line that connects Isinya in
Kenya to the border town of Namanga. The project is a component of the Eastern
African Power Pool, which aims to link grids and aid countries in selling their
surplus electricity to others.
In
the Kenyan city of Nairobi, Chirchir stated on Tuesday that "we are
building networks to support power trade and facilitate power exchange between
East Africa and southern Africa."
According
to Chirchir, a second connection between Kenya and Uganda will make it easier
to sell goods to Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He
said that Ethiopia already provides 200 megawatts to Kenya.
According
to Chirchir, a regional pool will also draw new investment into power plants
because there will be a guaranteed export market.
According
to Kenyan President William Ruto, regional integration and economic growth will
be aided by cross-border energy infrastructure projects.
Although
his nation has the ability to produce 30,000 megawatts of wind energy and an
additional 10,000 megawatts from geothermal sources, he claimed that financing
for development has been absurdly expensive for low-income nations.
Ruto
stated, "We need a global financial system that treats everyone equally
and does not disadvantage some people because of risk."
Source;
Bloomberg
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