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Kenya, Ethiopia to inter-connect their power grids
Ethiopia is the only Eastern African country with sufficient power supply backed by a reserve margin of more than 30 per cent. Photo/FILE
By Zeddy Sambu
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Posted Wednesday, February 3 2010 at 00:00
Posted Wednesday, February 3 2010 at 00:00
Geothermal power, which has proved to be Kenya’s viable alternative energy source, costs more and takes longer (10 years) to develop.
Kenya was initially set to import power from Ethiopia’s contentious and biggest hydropower project, Gibe III--with a potential power generation capacity of 1800MW, but the plan was put on hold after activists raised concerns over the possible environmental and social impact.
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