Kenya rejects bid for Africa’s largest wind power plant

A wind power farm: Offshore wind parks have been set up in the US and Europe, with each turbine costing up to $30 million (Sh3 billion) to build and connect to the power grid, making the technology more expensive than on land. PHOTO | FILE |

Kenya has rejected a Swedish firm’s bid to construct Africa’s largest wind power plant in the coastal waters of Malindi, citing inadequate capacity for the project.

Sweden-based VR Holding AB last year submitted an expression of interest to build a 600-megawatt wind project in the Indian Ocean waters bordering Malindi.

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