Leonida OwagaKenya Power plans to expand E-mobility infrastructure to Kisumu, Nakuru, Mombasa, Mtito Andei and Eldoret by July helping clean energy companies expand outside the capital Nairobi.
Kenya Power wants to get into the race to provide clean energy solutions by providing charging portals in nine locations with half of them inside Nairobi at Electricity House, Ragati, Donholm, and Roysambu.
The electricity distributor Kenya Power plans to invest Sh258 million in buying electric vehicles and setting up related infrastructure over the next three years to boost the uptake of e-mobility.
Accelerating E mobility
“This goes in line with this year’s theme 'Accelerating the Adoption of E-mobility in Kenya of the 2nd E-mobility Stakeholders' Conference and Exhibition set to take place at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Nairobi, today and tomorrow,” KPLC said.
On Monday, April 22, the company launched an EV charging station based at the company's headquarters, stima plaza, which was constructed at a cost of Ksh6.5 million.
The stations will also collect valuable data that is useful as e-mobility becomes more accepted in the country seen with increased uptake of electric vehicles, especially motorcycles
“Alongside our need to charge our electric vehicles, we intend to use our EV charging stations to collect data that will inform the next steps of our support for the growing e-mobility sector,” said Kenya Power managing director Joseph Siror.
Kenya has seen an increase in e mobility companies which presently fight for market share in the capital where charging infrastructure is readily available but with little penetration to the rural towns.
E mobility companies are confident that electric units will pick up when the charging infrastructure becomes well developed and supported by government and the private sector.
Capital intensive
They need massive capital investment in building infrastructure for charging and swapping stations akin to the network of filling stations.
Kenya power both a private sector player and a state entity sees itself evolving into this role.
Discover more from Oral East Africa
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
