Wind power generation nears hydro levels

The Ministry of Energy is locked in a battle with Gitson Energy Plant over a proposed 300-megawatt wind plant set for construction in Marsabit County.

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Wind power generation in Kenya has cut by more than half the gap between it and hydropower supply to the national grid, as wind races to topple hydro as the second biggest source of power in East Africa’s largest economy.

The drop of hydropower, which was for decades Kenya’s most important source of electricity before it was overtaken by geothermal, follows a prolonged drought that significantly cut production from the country’s dams.

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