The Kenyan government is seeking private investors for the development of a 900-1,000 MW coal-fired power plant. The project would be located in Kitui and would use coal from the Mui Basin. Developed under an Independent Power Producer framework and selling its power generation under a Power Purchase Agreement, the Kitui power plant could be built by the end of 2016.
The project is part of Kenya's plan to raise the power generation capacity by 5 GW by 2016, including 1,050 MW of gas-fired capacity, 1,650 MW of geothermal capacity and 630 MW of wind power. In January 2014, the government issued a request for proposal (RFP) to successful bidders for the 960 MW coal-fired Lamu project (including Mitsui, Shanxi International, Sinohydro, Shanghai Electric, Tata Power, Marubeni, Allrich International, Toyota and Human Capital Investment Group) and for the 700 MW LNG-fired Dongo Kundu project. For this project, successful bidders include China Petroleum, Tata Power-Gulf Energy, Globlec, Mitsui, Toyota, Marubeni, Samsung, GMR Energy, Quantum Power and GDF Suez. The Lamu and Dongo Kundu projects are expected to be commissioned by September 2016 and April 2016, respectively.
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