Kenya Power and Lighting Company, which is more commonly known as Kenya Power or KPLC has revealed that it has the capacity to provide the electricity required to charge electric motorcycles and electric vehicles during the hours that are off peak. It stated that that the growing clean transport industry is a chance for it to increase its revenue.
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) which is the Electricity Distributor in Kenya has been facing the challenge of making sure that electricity remains available and constant even with the outages which have been experienced across Kenya in recent times.
Rosemary Oduor who is the Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) revealed during e-mobility start up; BasiGo’s launch of its 5 million Kenyan Shilling Bus which has a range of 250 Kilometres and a recharge time of less than four (4) hours that, “For Kenya Power, the e-mobility evolution provides us with an inorganic opportunity to grow sales.”
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She added that, “Kenya presently has an installed capacity of 2,991 megawatts (MW), and an off-peak load of 1,200 MW.
This means that there is enough power to support the entire e-mobility ecosystem, including powering charging stations for domestic and business use.”
According to the Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), can provide enough electricity to charge up to two (2) million motorcycles and up to fifty thousand (50,000) buses.
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The figures are based on estimates that any electric minibus operating within Nairobi would cover a distance of approximately 200 Kilometres every day with an electricity consumption of 120 Kilowatts per hour (kWh) at a cost of 2,400 Kenyan Shillings.
In the words of the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC)’s Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO); Rosemary Oduor, “1,000 mini buses, operating within the city, would therefore consume approximately 120 MWh per day.”
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) stated that it has set up a liaison office which will essentially have everything with regards to its e-mobility dealings, under one roof.
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The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) will through its liaison office, be able to aid the advancement of the e-mobility sector’s ecosystem including the necessary geo mapping software needed to help users find the closest charging stations, as well as the identification of areas which could accommodate future charging stations for electric vehicles and motorcycles.
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