Land issues stall Meru wind power project

Plans are at an advanced stage to connect the new geothermal power plant with installed capacity of 165.4MW into the country's national power grid. [Jonah Onyango/Standard]

KenGen has been unable to get its wind power plant in Meru off the ground owing to challenges in getting ample land in the county.

Despite securing financing for the Sh12 billion project, the company has been unable to get the 18,000 acres that it needs to construct the 80 megawatts (MW) wind farm.