11 July 2008
UNIDO Opens First Zero Emission Community Power Center in Rural Kenya
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8 July 2008: The first environmentally-friendly hydro and solar power-generating center has been inaugurated by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in a rural community in Kenya.

Under the project, which is part of the UN’s “Lighting Up Kenya” programme, the center in Kibai village in Kenya’s Kerugoya division will generate “zero-emissions” electricity or electricity […]

Hon Esther Murungi Mathenge, Ministry of Gender and Children Affairs along with Alexander Varghese UNIDO Representative for Kenya and Eritrea
8
July 2008: The first environmentally-friendly hydro and solar power-generating
center has been inaugurated by the UN Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO) in a rural community in Kenya.

Under
the project, which is part of the UN’s “Lighting Up Kenya” programme, the
center in Kibai village in Kenya’s Kerugoya division will generate
“zero-emissions” electricity or electricity generated without producing
greenhouse gas emissions. The center will also promote the use of LED lamps to
replace kerosene lamps that contribute to respiratory illnesses in children and
women who use them on a daily basis. [UN
Press Release]

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