This is more than 40% of the approximately 150 commercial microgrids operating in the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. 11 As in other countries with many isolated, off-grid communities, the national power utility has been running diesel-based microg- rids in Kenya for many years.
Microgrid infrastructure and projects can readily be integrated with a national grid to the ben- efit of both. For example, the microgrid could sell excess power into the nation- al grid, adding a secure revenue stream while diversifying the national grid's generation capacity and improving local reliability.
“Currently, we have about 62 minigrids that are fully operational and 28 which are under construction. We hope to deploy more minigrids to close the energy access gap and ensure universal access to electricity by 2030.” The locations of the 137 minigrids were published in the official gazette in April 2022.
Kenya: The World's Microgrid Lab 2 Kenya: The World's Microgrid Lab | Executive Summary enya shows that the global microgrid market is ready for significant private investment. While
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