Lake Turkana Wind Power farm to commission new turbines by March
What you need to know:
Electricity from the Marsabit-based wind farm will cost Sh8.6 per unit (8.5 US cents) or half that from diesel generators.
Kenya’s quest to harvest cheap power from wind is taking shape as Lake Turkana Wind Power Ltd is set to commission turbines for the 310-megawatt plant by March.
The firm targets to inject the first 90 MW of wind power into the national grid by September.
Electricity from the Marsabit-based wind farm will cost Sh8.6 per unit (8.5 US cents) or half that from diesel generators.
The full 310-megawatt capacity of the power-generation project, to be delivered by 365 wind turbines, is expected to be in place by July 2017.