Kenya Wind
In a remote district of Marsabit, Kenya, construction of a new wind power project is about to get underway. The consortium heading $780-million wind power project has announced it’s nearly finished appointing contractors who will handle the transmission lines, bridges, and roads to and from the site.
The project, referred to 200-MW Lake Turkana Wind Power Limited Project, or LTWP, is Africa’s largest wind energy initiative. LTWP would increase Africa’s wind turbine capacity by more than 1,000 MW. This equates to 0.7% of the worldwide capacity of wind generated power.
Aldwych International, the leading organization of the consortium, along with the Industrial Corporation of South Africa (a shareholder), ensure that the contractor for the construction of the 426-km of transmission lines from the Northern site in Marsabit, will soon be announced.
“Various parties have been short-listed, but no contract has been awarded as yet, although negations are ongoing with Kenya Electricity Transmission Co. Limited [Ketraco],” explains director of LTWP, Christ Staubo. A wholly government owned sate corporation, Ketraco has a mandate to plan, design build operate and maintain the new transmission lines online casinos and supporting electricity substations throughout the country.
Director Staubo also explains that the investor has his own list of contractors for the 200-km road which will stretch from Mombasa to the project site of Marsabit, a $15 million-contract. This road will be the lifeline for the project, carrying almost 4,000 truckloads of equipment to the build site
According to the World Wind Energy Association, the wind-energy segment in Africa is enjoying a growth of 28% per year, which is only slightly below the global rate of 31.6%.
Staubo boasts, “Completion of the LTWP wind power project will see benefits nearing $14 million in carbon revenue through emissions reductions of 919,060 tons of CO2 a year. “
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Posted by Brett Nordin
on Aug 10 2010. Filed under Construction.
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