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Nairobi-based inexperienced vitality provider Safi Energy has commissioned a 400 kWp rooftop photo voltaic system on the Coastal Bottlers plant in Mombasa, Kenya. The brand new set up will assist the mushy drinks bottler change one among its PET manufacturing traces to a cleaner vitality supply.
Coastal Bottlers Ltd, one of many oldest Coca-Cola bottlers in Kenya, is now set to cut back its carbon footprint. The rooftop photo voltaic set up is anticipated to generate 600 MWh of vitality per yr. This may allow the corporate to keep away from greater than 8,000 tons of greenhouse fuel emissions all through the lifetime of the venture.
The photo voltaic PV system will assist cut back Coastal Bottlers’ electrical energy prices by greater than 25% and streamline its working prices. The venture is the results of a financing settlement between Safi Energy and Spark Vitality Companies, a financing platform managed by Camco Clear Vitality that funds on-site renewable vitality and vitality effectivity tools for industrial and industrial (C&I ) sector in Africa.
The most recent set up is the second of three phases of an intensive venture. The primary section carried out in August 2020 consists of the switch of the Coastal Bottlers’ wastewater therapy plant and administrative block to photo voltaic vitality. This permits the bottler to keep away from 6,720 tons of annual carbon dioxide emissions.
Seth Adu-Baah, CEO of Coastal Bottlers, mentioned, the second section of the venture will increase their PET line, which supplies extra built-in impact. The transition of your complete manufacturing line to photo voltaic vitality brings the corporate nearer to attaining sustainable vitality targets and contributing to local weather change options.
Adam Fitzwilliam, Camco’s CFA – East Africa and Spark C&I Lead, mentioned, financing a sustainable vitality line for companies and supporting them on the street to internet zero is the rationale for establishing Spark. Camco appears ahead to continued dialogue with Coastal Bottlers to assist them cut back their vitality prices and develop into a regional chief in sustainability.
David Kinyua, Co-Founding father of Safi Energy, mentioned, their partnership with Camco’s Spark group is to facilitate off-balance sheet funding that has develop into a problem via the standard industrial lending method. Camco’s worldwide expertise, particularly in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting, helps Safi to make sure that its implementation follows finest practices.
