Kenya Power has announced an investment of Ksh258 million to upgrade its vehicle fleet and build more electric charging stations.
In a statement, the utility firm noted that Ksh258 million will be utilised in the next three years to increase the uptake of electric vehicles.
As part of the plan, Kenya Power has launched an electric vehicle (EV) charging station located at Stima Plaza, which has been set up at a cost of Ksh6.5 million.
The charging station comprises two chargers; a 50 kW DC (1 hour charging time) and a 22 kW AC (2 hour charging time) charger. It is the second EV charging station that Kenya Power owns after a similar one that is located at the Ruaraka Depot which hosts the Company's transport section.
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"The future of transport in electric and as a Company, we are very excited to be leading the conversations around E-mobility. 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," stated Kenya Power's Managing Director Joseph Siror.
Further, the utility firm announced that it will install 9 charging stations in Donholm, Nakuru, Mombasa, Mtito Andei, Kisumu, Eldoret, Roysambu, Electricity House Nairobi and Ragati.
The nine new stations will be set up by the end of July 2024, Kenya Power insisted.
New Vehicles
Alongside the EV charging station, Kenya Power has also launched two electric heavy-duty vehicles that will be deployed for routine operations.
Kenya Power has acquired the new cars for Ksh18 million.
"The Company intends to scale the number of electric vehicles in its fleet through the purchase of an additional 9 electric vehicles (heavy and light duty) and 25 electric motorcycles by the end of December 2024," the statement added.
