New Kenya Cooperative Creameries has recently concluded the initial phase of a tender to purchase electricity from a solar facility that will be constructed at its new KCC Sotik Factory. The selected developer will finance, own and operate the plant and will sell all of its output to New Kenya Cooperative Creameries under a power purchase agreement.

The financial proposal will be quoted in payments per kWh as well as any other cost, the company said.  On average consumption from the grid was 1,428,016 kWh in 2017 and 945,206 kWh in 2018.

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