Kenya Power announced plans to invest Sh.258 million over the next three years to support the growth of electric vehicles (EVs) in Kenya.
This investment will be directed towards building charging stations across the country and acquiring electric vehicles and motorbikes to enhance company operations.
In line with this plan, Kenya Power recently launched an EV charging station at its headquarters in Stima Plaza, Nairobi, with a Sh.6.5 million investment.
This station features a 50 kW DC charger that can fully charge a vehicle in about one hour, along with a 22 kW AC charger that offers a two-hour charging time.
This new charging station is the second owned by Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), with the first located at their Ruaraka Depot, which serves the company’s transport section.
The expansion of charging stations is part of Kenya Power’s broader strategy to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles.
As stated by Joseph Siror, Managing Director and CEO of Kenya Power, “Alongside our need to charge our electric vehicles, we intend to use our EV charging stations to collect data that will inform the next steps of our support to the growing e-mobility industry.”
To support this strategy, KPLC plans to install additional charging stations at nine of its other offices by the end of July.
These locations include Donholm, Nakuru, Mombasa, Mtito Andei, Kisumu, Eldoret, Roysambu, Electricity House Nairobi, and Ragati.
According to Siror, “We have set aside an annual budget of Sh.20 million to set up EV charging stations at all our offices across the country.
Beyond the additional charging stations that we intend to put up in the current financial year, we intend to install 10 additional facilities annually in 2025 and 2026.”
Additionally, the company introduced two electric heavy-duty vehicles costing Sh.18 million to be used in their day-to-day operations.
Kenya Power aims to purchase another nine electric vehicles and 25 electric motorcycles by the end of December 2024 as part of its commitment to advancing electric mobility in Kenya.
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