Centum’s Lamu coal project gets energy regulator approval

ERC acting chief Pavel Oimeke. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has approved the construction of Kenya’s first coal-fired power plant in Lamu after rejecting objections to the project by a community-based organisation.

This means Amu Power Company Limited, a consortium including Centum Investments, is cleared to get a power generation licence that has been withheld since last year as the objections by Save Lamu Natural Justice were reviewed.

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