![]() ![]() Kenya Power outsources some of these services because we have a lot of specialised equipment, and sometimes we fall short of in-house capacity and equipment to address all issues.” Kenya Power’s manager in charge of standards, Peter Kimemia, said: “Optimisation of assets and their performance is key. It was also appointed as a local distributor by American renewable energy firm, GE Grid Solutions, in a bid to expand the distribution of grid solutions that allow effective management of electricity, from the point of generation to the point of consumption. In December 2021, the firm in partnership with global electrical test equipment expert, Megger GMBH, moved to supply the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) with high-voltage cable test equipment, helping to ensure the security, reliability and efficiency of electricity supplies throughout the country. “We work in different vertical markets ranging from energy, utilities, military, education, manufacturing,” Muchiri noted. The company works with original equipment manufacturers to offer products, services, repair and calibration. Headquartered in Nairobi, the company which has been in operation for the last 10 years has a presence in East and Central Africa, with major operations in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, DR Congo, Ethiopia, and Uganda. Manufacturers in the country have overtime decried high power costs, which the firm says can be addressed by adopting modern technology. “The future is in automation, getting reliable technology that will give you accurate data in real-time that will help make or take necessary action towards these losses,” Muchiri told the Star in an interview, “This will also help bring down the cost of power from the generation, transmission all the way to distribution.” This helps firms improve their infrastructure with the long-run benefit of lowering energy costs for consumers. “In any grid, there have to be losses and how do you determine these losses, you have to measure, you have to put censors, have systems that can take these measurements to the analytics and give you data that you are able to use to take action into reducing these loses,” notes Machacha Muchiri, managing director Amotech Africa. The Economic Survey 2022 shows transmission and distribution losses hit 2,831 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2021, which was 22.8 per cent of the total electricity produced in the year. The company is working with the country’s leading power generator, KenGen, other private Independent Power Producers (IPPs), Kenya Power and manufacturers in implementing energy solutions, with the aim of ensuring reliable and efficient supply. This is from energy generation, distribution and usage by consumers. This will also help increase the lifespan of assets, where investors have pumped billions, mainly in the manufacturing and industrial sector.Įlectrical power systems such as meters and transformers are regularly tested by measuring instruments to ensure accuracy, efficiency and reliability.Īccording to Africa's test and measurement solutions provider– Amotech Africa, players in Kenya, and the region, need to embrace latest technologies to ensure asset optimisation. ![]() Power producers, utility firms and investors must adopt modern test and measurement solutions to ensure energy efficiency in their operations, experts now say. ![]()
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