Ngong Hills Wind Power Station Explained

Ngong Hills Wind Power Station
Location:Ngong, Kajiado County
Location Map Caption:Location of Ngong Hills Wind Power Station in Kenya
Country:Kenya
Coordinates:-1.3811°N 36.6356°W
Status:Operational
Ps Electrical Capacity:25.5 MW
Ps Annual Generation:12 GW.h
Commissioned:1993

Ngong Hills Wind Power Station, also Ngong Hills Wind Farm, is a wind-powered power station in Kenya.

Location

The power station is located in the northern foothills of Ngong Hills, near the town of Ngong, in Kajiado County, approximately 35km (22miles), by road, southwest of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya.[1] The coordinates of the power station are:1°22'51.9"S, 36°38'08.0"E (Latitude:-1.381071; Longitude:36.635542). The wind is strongest in the evening and in March, and weakest in the morning and in July, contrasting with Lake Turkana Wind Power Station.[2]

History

Ngong Hills Power Station was initially commissioned in 1993 with two wind turbines donated by the government of Belgium. After those two turbines were retired, the installation of new hardware led to a second commissioning in August 2009, with capacity of 5.1 MW.[3] Beginning in 2013, Kenya Electricity Generating Company, who own and operate the wind farm and power station began adding new turbines and by 2015, when the work was completed, the power station's generation capacity had increased to 25.5 megawatts.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 28 January 2016. Distance between Nairobi, Kenya and Ngong Hills Nature Reserve, Kajiado, Kenya. 28 January 2016 . GFC. Globefeed.com (GFC).
  2. Hindpal S. Jabbal. Basic Principles of Least-Cost Planning & Regional Interconnection in EA Countries, page 13-14
  3. Web site: KENGEN. Kenya Electricity Generating Company: Ngong Hills Power Station . 2009. 28 January 2016. Nairobi. Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KENGEN).
  4. Web site: 28 January 2016. TSNO. KenGen to increase Ngong wind power firm by an extra twenty megawatts. 24 July 2014. The Standard Newspaper Online (TSNO) . Nairobi.
  5. Web site: CRO . Constructed Ngong wind power plant is to be commissioned in Kenya . 28 January 2016. 12 August 2015. Construction Review Online.