Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) released a report stating that Kenya is leading in wind energy investment in Africa.
The report states that Kenya is setting strides in the region in the use of wind as a renewable source of energy by initiating the generation of 700 megawatts.
The report cites Kenya’s Lake Turkana wind project, now completed and set to be commissioning in the coming months, as an example.
The report goes further to say that in the end of 2016, over 99 per cent of Middle East and Africa region’s total wind energy installations were spread across 10 countries – South Africa, Morocco (787 megawatts), Egypt (810 megawatts), Tunisia (245 megawatts), Ethiopia (171 megawatts), Jordan (119 megawatts), Iran (91 megawatts), Cape Verde (24 megawatts), Kenya (19 megawatts), Israel (6.25 megawatts) and Algeria (10 megawatts).
“The Middle East and Africa, the main drivers will continue to be South Africa, Morocco (and we hope) Egypt, with strong contributions from Kenya and Ethiopia as some of the smaller markets are just getting off the ground,” says GWEC in the recent annual Global Wind Report market update.
The Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) is the single largest private investment in Kenya’s history covering 40,000 acres (162 km²) and is located in Loiyangalani District, Marsabit County.