TEXTILES · THIKA, KENYA

Weaving on sunshine.

Kenya’s heritage fabric maker, weaving since 1968, put 1,840 modules across its Thika rooftops. Payback: 3.25 years.

KSh 1.8M saved in one monthHEADLINE RESULT Thika, KenyaLOCATION

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THE POWER PROBLEM

The challenge

Textile manufacturing is power-hungry, and Thika Cloth Mills has been weaving cotton into cloth since 1968. Rising grid tariffs were eating margin on every metre of fabric, and the mill’s roofline was doing nothing about it.

TCM wanted real numbers, not promises: a system big enough to move the monthly bill, delivered without disrupting round-the-clock production.

THE ARIYA FIX

The solution

Ariya delivered a 999 kWp turn-key rooftop across several roofs. 1,840 modules feeding two power rooms, commissioned in 2022 with genset integration and VCOM remote monitoring.

The result: KSh 1.8 million saved in a single November, a 3.25-year payback, and projected system-life savings of $5.94 million, while offsetting 1.52 kt of CO₂, the equivalent of planting 144,023 trees.

Impact & key figures.

999 kWpsystem size

1,840modules

3.25 yrspayback

$5.94 Msystem-life savings

1.52 ktCO₂ offset

144,023trees equivalent

VCOMremote monitoring

Yesgenset integration

**1,840 modules**ACROSS SEVERAL ROOFS, TWO POWER ROOMS

“We have started making huge savings already. We made a saving of Ksh 1.8 million in the month of November.”
Archna Bulsara · Director, Thika Cloth Mills

See it running.

Commissioning the 999 kWp rooftop at Thika Cloth Mills

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