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Vestas sells stake in Africa's flagship wind farm to BlackRock-owned fund

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has divested its shares in the Lake Turkana onshore wind pro...

Kenya’s 100MW Kipeto wind farm fully commissioned

Second largest project in the country is delivering full power to the grid and will power a quarter ...

Africa's first wind-solar-storage hybrid project unveiled

Developers Windlab and Eurus Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kenyan auth...

Record turbine orders confirm Africa's developing potential

A surge of confirmed deals in South Africa led to Africa's turbine order intake reaching a record 1....

Second Kenyan site reaches financial close

Just like London buses, after waiting ages for one, two come along. Private investment firm Actis ha...

First power at Lake Turkana

KENYA: The long-delayed Lake Turkana wind farm has finally delivered first power to the grid, its de...

Lake Turkana limbo extended to September

KENYA: Nearly a year after Africa's largest wind farm was due to start transmitting power to Kenya's...

Final turbine installed at Lake Turkana

KENYA: Turbine manufacturer Vestas has celebrated installation of the final turbine at the 310MW Lak...

61MW Kinangop project cancelled

KENYA: Two years of militant opposition has spurred the cancellation of Kenya's 60.8 MW Kinangop win...

Google to take Lake Turkana stake

KENYA: Technology conglomerate Google will take a 12.5% stake in the 310MW Lake Turkana project in K...

Vestas signs Africa's largest turbine deal

KENYA: Vestas has secured an order to supply the turbines for what is set to be Africa's largest win...

Iberdrola completes first Kenyan project

KENYA: Iberdrola has completed the construction of the Ngong II wind farm in Kenya, its first in the...

Iberdrola completes 13.6MW Kenyan project

KENYA: A consortium of Iberdrola and Gamesa has finished building a 13.6MW project in Kenya's Ngong ...

Lake Turkana signs EUR623m finance deal

KENYA: The consortium behind the 310MW Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) today signed financing...

Iberdrola wins 61MW Kenyan contract

KENYA: Iberdrola is to build a 61MW wind farm in Kenya with a view to handing it on post constructio...

Kenya plans wind energy expansion

KENYA: Wind energy will be a substantial part of Kenya's 5GW planned power generation increase over ...

Gamesa wins first Kenyan order

KENYA: Gamesa has won a 13.6MW order from utility Kengen for what will become the biggest project in...

World Bank withdraws support for Lake Turkana Wind Power project.

KENYA: After months of waiting, the World Bank has said it will not provide risk guarantees for the ...

Africa's biggest project progresses with access deal

KENYA: The developer of Kenya's 310MW Lake Turkana Wind Power project has awarded a contract worth S...

Sub-Saharan Africa - New players join the world of wind

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: The year ahead should be busy in sub-Saharan Africa after significant progress w...

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