A new solar desalination system to address water scarcity – Kenya GivePower is launching containerized, solar-powered water desalination and purification plants in Mombasa, Kenya and La Gonave, Haiti this quarter. Like GivePower’s debut solar-powered microgrid desalination plant, which went live in Kiunga, Kenya in 2018, these new projects will operate with Tesla’s powerwall battery storage technology. At launch, both of the nonprofit’s new solar water farm projects will produce a maximum of 75,000 liters of water a day by coupling a 50-kW solar system with 120 kW-hrs of Tesla batteries; together this solar plus battery system will power two low-wattage, reverse […] A new solar desalination system to address water scarcity – KenyaHIWI042020-02-06T14:32:12+01:00
Mombasa: grand plans that never happened – Kenya When Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho was sworn in for his final term in office, top in his priority list was the implementation of major projects that were part of the county’s Vision 2035 plan. He had initiated the projects in 2016 during his first term. Now, with only two years left before he leaves office, the projects exist only on paper. Some of the projects that were meant to spur economic growth in the county included the establishment of a Sh6.5 […] Mombasa: grand plans that never happened – KenyaHIWI042020-02-03T14:17:07+01:00
Joho gets approval in plan to boost water supply – Mombasa – Kenya Mombasa County Assembly members have approved plans to desalinate seawater to help address an acute water shortage. Majority Leader Hamisi Mwidani tabled a motion proposing the construction of two desalination plants as he urged the ward representatives to approve Governor Hassan Joho’s plans. (LINK). Joho gets approval in plan to boost water supply – Mombasa – KenyaHIWI042018-10-06T22:35:11+02:00