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Published Tue, September 11th 2018 at 14:25, Updated September 11th 2018 at 14:30 GMT +3
By Macharia Kamau
The Garissa solar plant is set to start feeding the national electricity grid in the next two weeks. The project, owned by the Rural Electrification Authority, will be the second major power generating plant to start feeding the grid in the course of this month after the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) plant that began last week.
The two plants are expected to add 365MW to the grid, bringing the country’s total installed power capacity to 2,716MW, up from 2,351MW.
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The Garissa plant is designed to generate 55 megawatts. It has been hyped as the largest solar plant in the region. “The commissioning of the project is set for September 24, 2018,” said REA yesterday. The plant has been built at a cost of Sh13.5 billion advanced to REA by the EXIM Bank of China and put up by China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic & Technical Cooperation (CJIC). Continue reading
Source: Standard Digital