Energy Kiosk - A Definition:

An Energy Kiosk is a shop, where one can buy electricity in the off-grid villages of Kenya, and it may be for battery recharging for the newly introduced LED lamps, mobile phones, or automobiles, or for running tiny or small industries, agro or food processing appliances, or micro or small enterprises, or to run community centres, or to power nearby local schools by extending lines from the Kiosk, or any other small power applications. The Kiosk receives electricity from a local renewable energy source such as a micro hydro power unit, solar, wind or biomass based power generator or a DG set running on locally available vegetable oils.