Water hyacinth in Lake Victoria. [Photo|Courtesy]A Nairobi-based company has expressed interest in helping get rid of the plant that has been a threat to Lake Victoria.Homa Bay Biogas One Ltd, wants construct a power plant in Homa Bay County using water hyacinth from the famous lake as raw material.The biogas will be produced by fermenting the hyacinth and will be combusted to generate eight megawatts electricity, which will be fed into the national grid.In a notice to the public on Thursday, Homa Bay Biogas One Ltd said: "The company will undertake operation of an 8MW biogas power plant at Kobala in Homa Bay County for generation of electricity by utilising parasitic water hyacinth overgrowing Lake Victoria."The company seeks to get an operation license from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on November 23 after receiving views from members of the public.The company said, after getting the public feedback, it proceed to apply for a power generation licence on November 23 from.Water hyacinth started encroaching the lake in the 1980s, making it impossible for fish breeding and fishing.

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