(4 Sep 2023)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nairobi - 4 September 2023
1. Various of Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC)
2. Mid of William Ruto, Kenya's president, arriving at the Africa Climate Summit
3. Various of delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) William Ruto, Kenya's president:
"Africa can power all our energy needs with renewable resources. The continent has enough potential to be entirely self-sufficient with the mixture of wind, solar, geothermal, sustainable biomass and hydropower. In Africa, we can be a green industrial hub that helps other regions achieve their net zero strategies by 2050."
5. Wide of Ruto leaving the podium

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nairobi - 1 September 2023
6. Various of solar panels on a roof
7. Various of Rashmi Shah, managing director at Clean Power (CP) showing solar panels
8. Mid of Shah
9. Close of Shah's hand
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rashmi Shah, managing director at Clean Power:
"So that's very, very clean. We are not polluting the air at all. We are not raising the temperatures. We are not affecting the climate of the earth. So that is why more and more emphasis is coming into energy, cleaner energy and solar is certainly one of the cleaner energies."
11. Various of a worker looking at solar panels
12. Various of Mark Mwangi, solar engineer at Clean Power looking at solar panels
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Mwangi, solar engineer at Clean Power:
"Currently the prices of energy in Kenya are very high, and therefore we encourage those who are in the manufacturing industries, commercial sectors, residential, to take up solar. It is free of charge. The initial cost is high. But at the long term, you're going to have a long time benefit. You're going to direct that money that you're using to pay your taxes and bills, electricity bills into expanding your production into agriculture and other sectors that will grow as a nation financially."
14. Mid of a busy highway
15. Wide of solar panels

STORYLINE:
Kenya generates more than 70% of its energy from renewable sources like geothermal, hydro and wind energy, with the solar energy sector becoming attractive for industrial and home use.

The Kenyan government zero rates the importation of some inputs like solar panels and inverters to encourage sales.

During the inaugural Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, President William Ruto, echoed that Africa can manage to depend entirely on renewable energy,

"The continent has enough potential to be entirely self-sufficient with the mixture of wind, solar, geothermal, sustainable biomass and hydropower." he said.

However, solar technology that is imported into Kenya continues to be taxed with import duties and retailers often have to charge over 15 percent value added tax making consumers foot the high cost of going green.

Solar energy’s reliability and lower cost despite initial high installation capital has attracted steel manufactures and edible oil factories who form some of the biggest clientele for a company based in the capital, Nairobi.

The Solar Managing Director for Clean Power Rashmi Shah said the company has done 25,000 kilowatts of installations in the last six years adding that “it’s very clean energy” and clients are able to recover their initial costs with savings made within the first four years.

“We are not polluting the air at all, we are not raising the temperatures, we are not affecting the climate of the earth. So that is why more and more emphasis is coming into cleaner energy and solar is certainly one of the cleaner energies,” he told The Associated Press.







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