(CNN) Kenya has launched Africa's largest wind power farm in a bid to boost electricity generating capacity and to meet the country's ambitious goal of 100% green energy by 2020.
The farm, known as the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) will generate around 310 megawatts of power to the national grid and will increase the country's electricity supply by 13%, President Uhuru Kenyatta said at the launch of the project on Friday.
"Today, we again raised the bar for the continent as we unveil Africa's single largest wind farm," Kenyatta said.
"Kenya is without doubt on course to be a global leader in renewable energy."
The project is powered by the Turkana corridor wind, a low level jet stream originating from the Indian Ocean and blows all year round, according to a government statement
The beautiful sights and sounds of Africa's largest wind energy power plant, generating 310MW at full capacity & contributing 13% of total supply to the national grid. Evacuated by 500km KETRACO line to Suswa #LakeTurkanaWind #GoKDelivers #KenyaMbele pic.twitter.com/uKB4cKbn7j — Nzioka Waita (@NziokaWaita) July 19, 2019
Roxxer69 on July 21st, 2019 at 14:11 UTC »
But can it power two Kenyas?
vadermustdie on July 21st, 2019 at 12:47 UTC »
in reality it's gonna take awhile. they lack the basic infrastructure to transmit the electricity to all the homes because many homes are located in really rural areas.
The prevalent solution that is getting a lot of attention as well as funding is personal solar power kits. Households buy a kit that includes a solar panel, a few lightbulbs, and a TV and they can be self-reliant on power. M-KOPA has been really successful with this business in Kenya
adrianw on July 21st, 2019 at 11:44 UTC »
Good. Kenya is also trying to build a nuclear plant(Great).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_energy_in_Kenya