In a continent where 600 million people have no access to electricity, it is important to tap into any renewable resource that is available. Africa has rich wind resources and can get much of its needed power from the wind. From the files of Afrik21, we read of many wind … [continued]
The largest wind farm on the African continent is now operational near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. The 310 megawatt installation has 365 wind turbines.
Continued wind development activity in Africa and the Middle East has helped push the region’s total wind capacity to 5.7 gigawatts (GW) after another 962 megawatts (MW) was brought online in 2018, a 55% increase over 2017 levels.
Google has announced its plans to acquire Vestas’ share of the 310 MW Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in Northern Kenya. The internet megalith, in partnership with Vestas, announced Tuesday that Google would be acquiring Vestas’ 12.5% stake in the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, set to be located in … [continued]
Construction of the Lake Turkana Wind Power project at Loiyangalani in Marsabit County celebrated a long journey’s success and groundbreaking in July. Some had called the project a quixotic dream. Officially launched with an inauguration by President Uhuru Kenyatta in July, the project has a max capacity of 310 megawatts of sustainable power. … [continued]
International wind energy leader Vestas Wind Systems has announced that it has received an order to provide wind turbines for the 310 MW Lake Turkana Wind Power project in Kenya, Africa — a project that Vestas claims will be the largest wind power project in Africa upon completion. The Lake … [continued]
Kenya’s Lake Turkana wind farm will not only produce enough clean, renewable, grid-connected electrical power to meet more than 20% of the country’s electricity demand, it will do so at the cheapest rate available in the East African country.
GE and Kenya announcing development of a 150 MW wind power project highlights the multiple benefits of making renewable energy a pillar of economic development.
