Germany-based Volkswagen’s MAN has agreed to build a diesel
and steam driven power plant in Thika Town. This comes after a unit of
Volkswagen AG-controlled MAN Diesel & Turbo SE won a contract to build the plant,
which will generate about 95 megawatts of electricity to the national grid.
Thika Power Limited, a subsidiary of Lebanon’s Matelec Group
will host the turnkey power station, which is expected to supply energy to the
Kenya Power & Lighting Company (KPLC). The MAN diesel engines will produce
88 megawatts of electricity while the waste heat from the engines will power
the steam turbines to generate a further 6.8 megawatts.
The Turnkey project that is ongoing will be in operation in
2013. For the entire press release visit MAN Diesel & Turbo website
In other news: Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd (KPRL) will
transform from a toll refinery to a merchant refinery on 1st July of
this year.
The Mombasa-based refinery has received $250 million (Ksh 21
billion) in working capital from Standard Chartered Bank to finance the upgrade.
Transformation to a merchant refinery means it will import
crude oil, process and sell its product to oil marketers.
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