Kenya Power Hosts 2nd Grid ,Innovation Conference 2025

• Kenya Power Hosts Grid  and Innovation Conference to Drive Energy Industry Innovation and Excellence;

Kenya Power has kicked off its 2nd Grid and Innovation Conference 2025, a forum through which the Company intends to drive innovative solutions to address emerging issues in the energy sector.

The Conference, themed “Accelerating Innovation for Business Sustainability” has brought together more than 400 participants including employees, energy sector leaders, researchers and policymakers. “At Kenya Power, our mandate goes beyond keeping the lights on.

We aim to be the energy solutions provider of choice, delivering efficiency, reliability and sustainability. Therefore, innovation is not an option but the foundation of our growth, resilience, and ability to serve a growing economy,” said Kenya Power’s Managing Director & CEO, Dr. (Eng.) Joseph Siror.

The Conference comes at a time when the country is scaling up electricity connection to attain universal access by the year 2030, thus calling for innovative ideas to ensure reliable and adequate power supply as customers adopt to new technologies that drive demand for electricity such as e-cooking and electric mobility.

“Innovation is a catalyst for revolutionizing access to affordable, clean, and reliable energy solutions.

Kenya’s leadership in renewable energy integration, smart grid technologies and e-mobility a re atestament to the critical role of innovation in the energy sector,” said Kenya Power’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Joy Brenda Masinde. To demonstrate its commitment to mainstream innovation in its operations, the Company has launched its Innovation Ideas Portal that will be hosted at the Institute of Energy Studiesand Research (IESR),a fully-owned subsidiary of Kenya Power.

The portal will capture and track the growth and commercialisation of innovations targetingthe energy sector in the region.

“It is through innovation that energy systems will become environmentally, socially and financially solid.

The innovation ideas hub will provide structured support to the innovators to match solutions to the challenges that we are facing in the energy sector.

I commend Kenya Power for organising the Grid and Innovation Conference which serves as a platform for cross-sector collaboration, with stakeholders from academia, government, and private industry exchanging ideas and forging partnerships,” said Energyand Petroleum Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi.

This year’s Conference will explore transformative solutions on Emerging Issues, Knowledge Management, System Losses, Revenue Diversification, and Kenya Power in the digital space.