Robert Barnes

“The Ethiopia-Kenya Inter-connector and Kenya-Tanzania-Zambia Inter-connector are going to be the projects that will bring power trade to the region. They have been long coming”, says Jasper Oduor, well-respected energy expert in the EastAfrican region and former Executive Secretary of the Eastern Africa Power Pool. He continues: “many times we have ended with a very long dark tunnel at the end of the light. But now there is a very bright light at the end of a very short tunnel.” Mr Oduor is one of the headline speakers at the upcoming East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) in Nairobi from 10-11 September. Uganda’s Energy Minister, the Honourable Engineer Irene Muloni, and Mr MugoKibati, CEO Kenya Vision 2030, are also confirmed to speak at the 15^th edition of the event that will address issues from government, financial and regulatory environments, to generation, transmission and distribution.

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Nowadays, energy-saving is a hot topic in China and the technology of intelligent products are getting more mature, which pushed the project of intelligent building to be one of the top 10 most important plans in China. Chinese government added intelligent technology and products when they rebuild their office buildings and they encourage the enterprises to produce the products and develop the technology in the range from bulbs to overall solution.

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