Energy: Kenya and Ethiopia enter into PPA to boost energy access in Kenya

Kenya Power and Ethiopian Electric Power have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that will see Ethiopia provide Kenya with energy.

The signing was the actualising of the power trade from 1 November 2021.

The agreement was signed by Kenya Power’s Acting Managing Director Geoffrey Muli and Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) Chief Executive Officer Ashebir Balcha.

In the first three years, Kenya will get a maximum firm capacity of 200MW and thereafter a maximum firm capacity of 400MW for the remainder of the 25-year PPA.