Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer
What is to be Africa’s biggest wind farm,Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) is still on after experiencing delays with the latest owing to the withdrawal of the World Bank as the guarantor for the project. African Development Bank (AfDB) however assures to continue with its funding plans.
The World Bank withdrew as a guarantor with fears that the 300MW plant is too big for Kenya’s power grid and may produce huge amounts of electricity that may go to waste, hence deny LTWP revenues, and hurt its position to pay creditors.
The wind farm site, covering 40,000 acres is located in Loyangalani District, west of Marsabit County, in north-eastern Kenya. The average wind speed is approximately 11 metres per second and wind blows consistently from the South East.
The project which is now endorsed in the Vision 2030 will add 300 Megawatts (MW) of reliable, low cost wind power to the Kenya national grid, equivalent to approximately 20 percent of the current installed electricity generating capacity. It will replace the need for Kenya to spend approximately Sh15.6 billion per year on importing fuel.
The project will comprise 365 wind turbines (each with a capacity of 850 kilowatts), the associated overhead electric grid collection system and a high voltage substation.
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