Hunderwear wrote:Hey wazuans am in the process of establishing a firm that wil use wind turbines to generate electricity.Am in a partnership with some foreigners who have been in the business for long.We want to register a company to carry on the business.What are the requirements of registering the company now that foreigners are involved.Any contribution is welcome
I have worked in the energy industry for sometime (IPPs to be exact). The first thing is do a proper feasibility study (Which i believe you might have done). The study will help you come up with wind roses for that area and wind speeds/velocities that will determine the viability of the wind farm. What is the capacity of the wind farm?
Second, get a proper wind turbine manufacturer e.g vestas (Danish). Present them with study report and they will design or recommend a suitable turbine for you.
For the establishment of the wind farm in kenya as an IPP (Indepedent power producer) you will need the following:
1. PPA- Power purchase agreement with KPLC. This document will indicate the rate at which you will supply the grid with power. It will also indicate how many years, what happens after decommisioning, How your payment will be structured (Capacity,availability...etc)...etc
2. Generation license from ERC. -I am not sure but ERC may issue this license based on its 5 year Least Cost Power Development Plan (LCPDP) See:
http://www.erc.go.ke/erc/LCPDP.pdf
3. NEMA license: You have to carry out an Environmental Social Impact Assesment study in the area that you intend to put up the wind farm. Seeing as windfarms cover huge areas of land, you will need to show that it will not affect flora and fauna significantly. That means if there are migratory birds in the area you will have to mitigate the effect of the turbines on their migratory behaviour.
Once you convince NEMA that you can mitigate whatever impacts there are. Then the all important NEMA license will be issued. I believe this license is like a condition precedence when it comes to getting the PPA and generation license.
Other documents are the usual Incorporation certificates business permits..etc...etc that are required to establish the company before you embark on getting the three major licenses listed above.
Now that there are foreigners involved i would advise you to visit Kenya Investment authorities office. They will take you through the whole process and will even do follow up to see how the project goes.
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