Thika IPP

completed

The project consists of the development, design, construction and operation of a Greenfield 87 MW Heavy Fuel Oil (“HFO”) diesel power plant on a 20 years Build-Own-Operate (“BOO”) basis in Thika, about 35 km from Nairobi, Kenya (the “Project”). The Project will have a 20 year Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”) with Kenya Power and Lighting Company (“KPLC”), the national transmission and distribution company. The project’s prime movers will be medium-speed reciprocating diesel engines, using HFO as primary fuel with supplemental firing of light fuel oil (LFO), and a steam turbine bottoming cycle. The plant configuration will consist of five 18V48/60 MAN diesel generating units with one MAN Model Marc2 C01 steam turbine driven generator (approximately 7 MW). The steam turbine is powered by steam produced using the waste heat of the five reciprocating engines. The net output of the project will be approximately 87 MW. The heat rate of the Project is improved as engine exhaust energy is used to generate steam for the steam turbine.