Google Abandons Plans to Buy Stake in Africa’s Biggest Wind Park
Vestas Wind Systems A/S is shopping for a new buyer for its 12.5% stake in Africa’s largest wind farm after Google dropped plans to purchase it following project delays.
The Danish turbine manufacturer blamed the Alphabet Inc. unit’s decision to pull out on “delays relating primarily to the transmission line” for the $679 million Lake Turkana Wind Power project in Kenya. The 310 megawatt farm’s high-voltage link to the grid, scheduled for completion in October 2016, was delayed by two years after contractors were changed.

“As Vestas’ strategy doesn’t include being a long-term wind park owner, we’re currently in commercial dialogue with potential buyers of our shares,” spokesman Anders Riis said in an emailed response to questions.

LTWP would have been Google’s second renewable energy investment on the continent after the Jasper solar project in South Africa’s Northern Cape in 2013. Alphabet did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

The Kenyan wind power park cost 620 million euros ($679 million). The Kenyan government was forced to pay 85.6 million euros in compensation to LTWP for the delays.

Source Bloomberg
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Reason being?

New tariffs, gazetted by the industry’s regulator on Friday sees commercial and industrial consumers metered by Kenya Power at 220,000 volts per post-paid billing period pay Ksh.7.99 for every unit consumed.
Consumers will further account for a lesser Ksh.3.99 for each unit of power consumed outside peak hours with the demand charge per kilovolt amperes (kVA) being set at Ksh.200.


https://citizentv.co.ke/...f-adjustment-320050/?amp

[quote=Extraterrestrial]New tariffs, gazetted by the industry’s regulator on Friday sees commercial and industrial consumers metered by Kenya Power at 220,000 volts per post-paid billing period pay Ksh.7.99 for every unit consumed.
Consumers will further account for a lesser Ksh.3.99 for each unit of power consumed outside peak hours with the demand charge per kilovolt amperes (kVA) being set at Ksh.200.


https://citizentv.co.ke/...-adjustment-320050/?amp[/quote]

Currently the highest voltage supplied to customers is at 132KV...So a new cheaper tariff has been developed for supply to new and existing customers at 22KV...There is a catch however, to be eligible, customers will need a minimum demand of 40MWh...

Similarly a new tariff for Naivasha Special Economic Zone has been developed at Ksh 5 /kWh.....which is a third of the current cheapest tariff for existing manufacturers...In all these, KPLC is eating Unleavened Bread!!!!

@KaunganaDoDo
It's 220KV not 22kv.
In Kenya there is no such customer