A man cleans a solar and wind energy system. Ordinary Kenyans and major power users no longer want to stick with the expensive and unreliable national grid.
A technician must obtain a licence from the authority in order to design, install, commission or repair a solar photovoltaic system.
Licence classes STI, ST2 and ST3 are for systems with a capacity of not more than 400 watts, 2kW, and 50kW respectively.
You will need a bachelor’s degree or three courses in engineering to operate as a solar power technician, if the new guidelines drafted by the energy regulator are implemented.
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) has introduced a raft of punitive rules that could stifle the mass switch to cheap solar power by ordinary Kenyans and heavy consumers that has left Kenya Power in financial difficulties.
