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Kenya: Wind Power generation – getting closer to reality
Wind farm located at the Ngong Hills near Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO/File
The Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP)– a 300-megawatt proposal for the northeast part of Kenya is getting closer to reality.
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The project co-financed by the Kenya Government, various international lenders aims to provide low cost wind power at a cost of US$ 894 million.
The project will open up northern Kenya and South Sudan for trade and allow for other potential investors to set up new businesses.
The developers need over 300 kilometers of road built in order to get materials to the site.
The developers need transmission lines and sub-stations.
A US$ 38 million tender for building transmission lines and access roads was awarded to Civicon Kenya Ltd. on Monday.
Civicon Kenya Ltd., will rehabilitate 204 kilometres of access roads and another 109 kilometres within the site.
