Entrepreneurs in Nairobi make the case for going solar
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Kenya is advancing its renewable energy efforts by promoting off-grid solar solutions to provide electricity access to 25% of its communities currently lacking centralized power. Entrepreneurs in Nairobi highlight the improving affordability and technology of solar panels as crucial to meeting Kenya's 2030 universal electricity target while minimizing emissions.
Most of Kenya’s power grid runs on renewables. But with 25% of communities lacking centralized electricity, the nation is looking to off-grid solar to hit its goal of delivering universal electricity access by 2030 without driving up emissions. The ever-improving economics of solar technology have helped. A couple of years ago, a panel cost about…