Turkana wind project to earn firm billions

The Lake Turkana Wind Power farm's sub-station at Sarima near Lake Turkana in Laisamis, Marsabit County. Kenya Power will have to purchase close to 1.5 billion units of electricity from the firm to enjoy the proposed tariff. [Ali Abdi, Standard]

Lake Turkana Wind Power project (LTWP) will now sell electricity to Kenya Power at a 50 per cent discounted rate, it has emerged.

The arrangement, however, comes with a rider that the power distributor’s purchases from the firm’s Marsabit wind farm will have to cross a certain threshold.