The plant will produce prefab panels for commercial, industrial, and high-rise projects.
The facility, which will constitute 3,300 solar panels, will generate 1,256MWh a year.
This technology also reduces period of home building from 12 months to six months.
The project is financed from the university's internal funds and donations.
The government is building 4,120km of roads countrywide.
The plant will have a 40MW installed capacity.
The project has 178 three-bedroom houses and 171 four-bedroom units.
The office block adopts green architecture.
The homes, costing Sh1m for a two-bedroom unit, will be built on 1,000 acres in Athi River.
Asian investors are planning to build a Sh65bn city in Athi River.