What you actually pay for on a Kenyan electricity bill
A domestic power bill is at least six separate charges stacked on top of each other. Here is what each line does, and which ones move month to month.
Energy Siren — Energy, power and infrastructure news for Kenya and Africa
Latest news
Read the story
LPG versus charcoal: what drives the cooking fuel shift
Households do not switch cooking fuel because of a health campaign. They switch when the cash flow of switching stops being punishing.
Where electricity disappears between plant and plug
Every utility loses part of what it generates. Separating the physics from the billing failures is the first step in fixing either.
Why electric boda bodas swap batteries instead of charging them
For a rider who earns by the trip, charging time is lost income. Battery swapping is an answer to that specific problem.
How an African power project gets financed
Between an idea and a working plant sit a power purchase agreement, a pile of due diligence and about four years. Here is the sequence.
Carbon credits, explained for energy projects
A credit is a claim that something did not happen. Whether that claim is worth anything depends entirely on the counterfactual behind it.
Renewables
More in RenewablesGeothermal, solar, wind and hydro projects across Kenya and Africa — what is being built, financed and switched on.
Power & Grid
More in GridTransmission, distribution, interconnectors, outages and the utilities that run them.
Off-Grid & Access
More in Off-GridMini-grids, solar home systems, clean cooking and the push for universal energy access.