Net metering would offer a solar rooftop alternative to uneconomic Kenyan utilities

Commercial and industrial clients across the continent are turning to solar amid fears ever more cash-strapped conventional electricity companies will be unable to invest in their creaking grids, an online event has heard.An online event held to consider Africa's rooftop solar market has been told Kenya is crying out for net metering - the system which rewards solar generators for excess electricity they feed into the grid. Geoffrey Ronoh, co-founder and director of Kenyan solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services business Ofgen, told the Africa Rooftop Solar Congress: "We ...

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