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Trading name
  
KenGen

Traded as
  
KN: KEGN

Area served
  
Kenya

Headquarters
  
Nairobi

Number of employees
  
2,063

Type
  
Public company

Industry
  
Electric power

CEO
  
Albert Mugo (Jan 2014–)

Founded
  
2 October 1998

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Key people
  
Eng. Albert Mugo – CEO Joshua Choge – chairman

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Kenya Electricity Generating Company or simply KenGen is a company, the largest power producing company in Kenya producing about 72% of the electricity consumed in the country.

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Overview

KenGen relies on various sources to generate electricity ranging from hydro, geothermal, thermal and wind. Hydro is the leading source, with an installed capacity of 0.821 GW, which is 52.3 percent of the company's installed capacity.

The company owns 15 hydropower plants with a combined capacity of 819.9 MW, five thermal power plants of 262.5 MW, five geothermal power plants of 508.8 MW and one Wind power plant at Ngong of 25.5 MW resulting a total installed capacity of 1,617 GW.

Presently KenGen owns four geothermal power stations, namely: Olkaria I and Olkaria II, Olkaria I unit 4 and 5, and Olkaria IV.

The power stations are within the great Rift Valley adjacent to the famous Hell's Gate National Park, and also bordering Lake Naivasha.

History

The company was founded on 1 February 1954 as the Kenya Power Company (KPC) and was commissioned to construct the transmission line between Nairobi and Tororo in Uganda. This was to transmit power generated at the Owen Falls Dam to Kenya. KPC was also tasked to develop electricity generating facilities in the country.

KPC was managed by the Kenya Power and Lighting Company under a management contract. In January 1997, the management of KPC was formally separated from Kenya Power as a direct result of reforms being under taken in the energy sector and the entire economy. Subsequently, on 19 January 1998 the company changed its name from Kenya Power Company to Kenya Electricity Generating Company. The trading name KenGen was also adopted at this point.

In 2006, KenGen was listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange after the Government of Kenya sold 30 percent of its stake in the company through a successful initial public offering that received over 280,000 applications.

Ownership

KenGen currently has 2,198,361,456 shares. The stock of Kenya Electricity Generating Company is listed on the NSE, where it trades under the symbol: KEGN

List of power stations and installed capacity

See also List of power stations in Kenya

Current capacity

The current capacity of KenGen's power stations are;

Thermal

  • Kipevu I Diesel – 60 MW
  • Kipevu III Diesel – 115 MW
  • Embakasi Gas Turbine – 54 MW
  • Lamu – 2.8 MW
  • Garissa – 6.2 MW

    • Hydroelectric

  • Gitaru Hydro Power Plant – 225 MW
  • Gogo Hydro Power Plant – 2 MW, on the Gucha River
  • Kamburu Hydro Power Plant – 93
  • Kiambere Hydro Power Plant – 169 MW
  • Kinduruma Hydro Power Plant – 72 MW
  • Masinga Hydro Power Plant – 40 MW
  • Mesco Hydro Power Plant – 0.43 MW
  • Ndula Hydro Power Plant – 2.00 MW
  • Sagana Hydro Power Plant – 1.5 MW
  • Sondu Miriu Hydro Power Plant – 60 MW
  • Sosiani Hydro Power Plant – 0.4 MW
  • Tana Hydro Power Plant – 20 MW
  • Turkwel Hydro Power Plant – 106 MW
  • Wanjii Hydro Power Plant – 7.4 MW

    • Geothermal

  • Olkaria I Geothermal Power Plant – 185 MW
  • Olkaria II Geothermal Power Plant – 105 MW
  • Olkaria IV – 140 MW
  • Eburru Geothermal Power Plant – 2.4 MW
  • Wellhead Geothermal Power Plant (Okaria)- 5.0 MW
  • Well head Generation – 70 MW (Well head 1, 20 MW, Well head 2, 20 MW, Well head 3, 30 MW)

    • Wind

  • Ngong Hills Wind Power Station: Phase I – 5.1 MW
  • Ngong Hills Wind Power Station: Phase II – 20.4 MW

    • Future projects

    KenGen plans to more than double its' electricity generating capacity to 4,270 megawatts by 2025 at a cost of $8.1 billion.

    Geothermal

  • Olkaria I Unit 6 – 70 MW – Completion Year: 2015/16
  • Eburru Project – 25 MW – Completion Year: 2016
  • Olkaria V – 140 MW completion year: 2018
  • Olkaria VI – 140 MW – Completion Year: 2016/17
  • Olkaria VII – 140 MW – Completion Year: 2018
  • Olkaria VIII – 140 MW – Completion Year: 2018

    • Wind

  • Meru Wind Power Station: Phase I – 50–100 MW – Completion Year: 2017
  • Meru Wind Power Station: Phase II – 300 MW – Completion Year: 2020

    • Thermal

  • Kilifi coal plant 600 MW – Completion Year: 2016/17

    • Hydroelectric

  • Karura Hydro Power – 90MW Completion Year: 2018

    • Lists

  • List of countries by electricity exports
  • List of countries by electricity imports
  • List of countries by electricity production

    • References

    Kenya Electricity Generating Company Wikipedia
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