Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer
In connection to the resolution by several tea factories to produce their own power,VS HYdro,a Sri Lankan company has won a tender to construct a Sh1.3 billion hydropower plant for four tea factories in Nyeri.The power plant named Gura will produce a total of 5MW to feed Gathuthi,Gitigi,Iriaini and Chinga tea factories.
The hydropower plant set to be commissioned by January 2014 will save the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) who pays about Sh2 billion for the energy used in the 65 factories under it. Each of the affiliated factories will use 0.5MW leaving them with three mega watts to sell to Kenya Power.
The firm is not new in East Africa as it has been working on several projects in Uganda and also in Tanzania. In Uganda, it has constructed and commissioned the 18MW Mpanga hydropower plant and the Nyagak located in West Nile.
The scope of work will entail construction of an intake, dredging of a 7.7KM canal, building of a power house and laying out transmission lines to the four factories.
KTDA is also pre-qualifying engineering, procurement and construction contractors for other small hydropower plants. They include; North Mathioya in Murang’a (5MW),Chania in Kiambu (0.6MW),Iraru in Meru (1.3MW) and Lower Nyamindi in Kirinyaga (1.5MW).
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