Lake Turkana Wind Power station set to go

Africa’s biggest wind power scheme is ready to go online now that a 428km powerline linking the plant to the national grid is finally in place

SOUTH SUDAN
ETHIOPIA
SOMALIA
UGANDA
KENYA
Loiyangalani
Detail
400-kilovolt powerline links wind farm to national grid
Suswa substation
Nairobi
Indian Ocean
200km 120 miles


Loiyangalani
Concession Area
Mount Kulal (2,285m)
Lake Turkana
South Island
10km 6 miles


Project Area
Wind turbine avenues
Number of homes it will supply: 1 million
Substation
365 turbines on site
Human to scale
2km 1.2 miles

Vestas V52 wind turbine
Diameter: 52m
Output: 850kW
Operating wind speed: 4-25m/s

Electricity bought by Kenya Power Company at fixed price for 20 years 


Sources: Reuters, Business Daily, Lake Turkana Wind Power Picture: Vestas © GRAPHIC NEWS