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Kenya to generate over half electricity through solar power by 2016
2014-01-17 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Kenya has identified nine sites to build solar power plants that could provide more than half the country's electricity by 2016. Construction of the plants, expected to cost $1.2bn (73m), is set to begin this year and initial design stages are almost complete. The partnership between government and private companies will see the state contributing about 50% of the cost. Cliff Owiti, a senior administrator at the Kenya Renewable Energy Association, said the move will protect the environment...
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Tullow discovers oil at exploration wells in Kenya
2014-01-16 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Tullow Oil has announced two oil discoveries at the Amosing-1 and Ewoi-1 exploration wells in Block 10BB of onshore northern Kenya.
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BGP Kenya wins 2D seismic contract from ERHC Energy
2014-01-15 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Geophysical company BGP Kenya has been awarded a contract by ERHC Energy Kenya to conduct a 2D seismic survey at Block 11A in northwestern Kenya.
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Kenya: Cane Farmers Counting Losses
2014-01-13 07:37:23| Sugar Industry News
CANE farmers from Muhoroni and Nyando Sub-counties want Miwani weighbridge opened to address cases of farmer's exploitation by private millers. Kenya Sugarcane Growers Association Secretary General Richard Ogendo accused private millers for exploiting farmers in the county.
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Offshore Kenya: keeping up with the neighbours
2014-01-13 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil and gas exploration companies have flocked to the Kenyan coast after major discoveries in nearby Tanzania and Mozambique. But do Kenyan waters hold the same resource potential as the country's neighbours? Preliminary exploration work has been mil
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