Lessons Learned Implementing ESCO Model in a Developing Market
By Chris Mbori If you have been in the energy space, you will not miss coming across the phrase “the money is in the projects" So many Energy professionals are thus very eager to get energy efficiency projects implemented. Very few of them however, ever get...
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS
By Linda Manyala Regional and global partnership development is necessary to drive the strategic goals in business and key factors enabling entry of products and services into new markets. For the energy sector in Kenya and Sub-saharan Africa, the development of...
The World Energy Day 2022 Theme – Insights
By Carolyne Gathuru The World Energy Day 2022 theme around which the different WED activities are aligned is “Empowering Energy independence in Africa: Enabling Rural &Urban Renewable Energy Awareness, Access, and Affordability” It is a subject matter whose time...
BEST PRACTICES ON HOW TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM
Fortunately, a Solar PV system does not contain any moving parts which means maintenance of the same will not be as difficult. Today we will explore some of the best practices for maintenances and operation of Solar PV systems.
The New Face of Waste Management
By Linet Njeri I did a brief stint in the manufacturing sector as a brand manager. I was surprised one day to hear some banter between fellow brand managers on how pleased they were to see litter of their brand. For them, it was an indication that people were buying...
Role of financial managers In Energy Management
By Monica Ngage Financial managers play a key role in any organization. This revolves around allocating the scarce resources among many competing needs of to enable the organization run well. Basically they oversee the financial health of an organization by monitoring...
Eagles Measurement and Verification
By Martin Ochieng Measurement and Verification (M&V) of energy efficiency and improvement projects is a crucial tool developed by energy professionals towards verifying the effect of efficiency and improvement projects. This process is data intensive and aims...
Breakthrough for Energy Awareness- Tips for Energy Awareness on Social Media
By Emily Gitonga In the recent past social media has been the highest used medium to pass across information and building virtual networks across the world. It could be through platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn or WhatsApp where all sort of...
Youth in Kenya Champion Energy and Water Efficiency in the Agri-food Industry
By Linda Manyala The implementation of Energy Conservation Measures (ECM’s) as a means of improving energy efficiency in Kenya has been an uphill journey for most facilities due to the financial constraint and lack of resources limiting the ability to implement the...
CLEAN COOKING
BY ELEEN KORIR Clean cooking involves the use of fuels that does not cause indoor air pollution and whose emissions meet the WHO guidelines mainly at the point if use. Some of the options that are clean at point-of-use include electricity, gas, ethanol, solar, and the...
ESCO IN A LAYMAN’S LANGUAGE
BY KAREN THURANIRA What is an ESCO and how does it work? An Energy service company (ESCO) is an organization that develops, designs, builds, and arranges financing for projects that save energy, reduce energy costs, and decrease operations and maintenance costs at...
HOW CAN WE INVOLVE THE YOUTH IN THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AGENDA?
BY RUTH CAROL ATIENO The youth of today will be the champions of tomorrow. We must involve them fully in the march towards a cleaner and greener planet. The good thing is that the youth in the energy sector these days are very eager and willing to be informed and to...