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Proposed Lamu coal plant viable

About 70 per cent of Kenya’s energy needs are from biomass. Yet we are busy opposing the coal-fired power plant in Lamu, which in three short years, could provide 1,050 megawatts. That’s half of what we have managed to install in 52 years! PHOTO: COURTESY

Currently, South Africa’s installed power generation capacity is about 40,000 megawatts. Kenya, another African powerhouse, produces a measly 2,300 megawatts.

About 70 per cent of Kenya’s energy needs are from biomass. Yet we are busy opposing the coal-fired power plant in Lamu, which in three short years, could provide 1,050 megawatts. That’s half of what we have managed to install in 52 years!

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