Lake Turkana Wind Power Ltd — the largest wind power project in Africa and Kenya’s most ambitious green energy venture yet — has just achieved a major breakthrough with the Spanish government stepping in with a $150 million (€110 million) offer to finance construction of the transmission line.

The country is today set for a major leap towards tackling its crippling energy deficit when the Kenya Power and Lighting Company seals a purchase agreement with a consortium of private investors seeking to add up to 300 Mega Watts (MW) to the national grid from wind.

September 14-16, 2009, Nairobi, Kenya Sponsored by: Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, in the framework of Danida program and in collaboration with the Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IEET) of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya Read more