Small scale tea farmers to build $27 million hydro power plant
Plans are underway to build a $26.7 million (Ksh2.8 billion) power generation plant on Chemosit River in Kericho County to supply hydropower to four tea processing factories in Zone Eight of the larger Kericho tea complex.Kericho, approximately 300 kilometres west of the capital Nairobi is located in the expansive Rift...
Sleepy Lamu off Kenyan coast ready to produce 2000mw of electricity
Lamu County is positioning itself as the next frontier for energy production in Kenya. But it will depend on if companies and investors involved in the triad of projects can overcome the agony of executing the projects. The three projects are: the 300-megawatt Kenwind Power project in Baharini, the 1500-megawatt...
Amu coal project to anchor Kenya into industrial age
The 1,500mw Amu Coal project that expected to be built in Kwasasi on Lamu mainland is billed as the magic bullet that will hoist Kenya into industrial age.Despite the evolution in the energy sector globally from fossil-based and hydro-based sources to solar, wind and geothermal, actors in the local power...
Drilling for gas on Island off Kenyan coast takes place
Zarara Oil and Gas drilling project in Pate, a subsidiary of Midway Resources International of the United Kingdom, is on course to finding natural gas following initial drilling that started in Pate-2 in April last year.The initial drilling or spudding as it is known technically was a part of the...
