Windpowering Kenya

January 29, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post

The Kenyan company Lake Turkana Wind Power has announced plans to develop a $700 million dollar wind farm on 150,000 acres of land in northwestern Kenya. The completed wind farm will produce a fourth of the electricity Kenya currently produces (1,200 MW) by 2012. 30% of the project will be financed by the African Development Bank. The rest of the financing would come through bank loans and international investment banks in South Africa, the Middle East and possibly the United States.

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About the author: Jonathan Gosier is a software developer, writer and social entrepreneur. He currently lives in Kampala, Uganda where he incubates and invests in East African entrepreneurs as the CEO of Appfrica Labs. He's also a TED Fellow.
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