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Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), a company, owned 70 percent by the government of Kenya, is the developer and owner of this power station. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The development, decided upon circa 2012, [ 1 ] [ 4 ] is being developed to stabilize the national electricity grid with increased hydro-power, in view of the increased intermittent ...
The Kindaruma Hydroelectric Power Station, also Kindaruma Dam is an embankment dam with two gravity dam sections on the Tana River in Kenya. It straddles the border of Embu and Machakos counties in Kenya. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 72 megawatts (97,000 hp) power station. It is Kenya's ...
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The run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant went operational in 1981. It is owned and operated by Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen). [4] The plant has a nameplate capacity of 40 MW. Its average annual generation is between 128 (in 2008) and 232 (in 2007) GWh, [3] depending on the water flow of the Tana River.
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Kenya Electricity Generating Company: Dam and spillways; Impounds: Sondu River: Sondu Miriu Hydroelectric Power Station; Operator(s) Kenya Electricity Generating Company: Commission date: 24 July 2009 [3] Type: Run-of-the-river: Turbines: 2 X 30MW: Installed capacity: 60 MW (80,000 hp)
It supports the third largest hydroelectric power plant in the country, having an installed electric capacity of 106 megawatts (142,000 hp). [ 1 ] The dam, Kenya's tallest, has a height of 153 metres (502 ft), a crest length of 150 m, a dam volume of 170,000 cubic metres (6,000,000 cu ft) and retains a water volume of 1,641 million cubic metres ...
The Kiambere Hydroelectric Power Station is an earth-filled embankment dam on the Tana River near Kiambere, Kenya. It straddles the border of Embu and Kitui Counties in the former Eastern Province. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 165 MW power station. Construction on the dam began in 1983 and ...