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Yokogawa completes
installing IoT System at
Olkaria geothermal complex
JAPANESE firm Yokogawa Electric Corporation Trade and Industry.
KENYA has completed installing an Internet of Things “By integrating information scattered across
(IoT) system at the Olkaria geothermal complex plants, digital transformation enables overall
near Naivasha in Kenya. optimisation,” said Koji Nakaoka, Yokogawa
Yokogawa installed the system at I Additional Vice President and Head of Energy & Sustain-
Unit (AU), II, IV and V power facilities of Nairo- ability Business.
bi-listed Kenya Electricity Generating Company Before the IoT system was installed, the geo-
Plc (KenGen), which together have a total capac- graphically distributed power plants were all
ity of about 930MW. managed separately. It was a challenge to take a
The installed system utilises mobile com- comprehensive approach in managing the oper-
munications and other technologies to perform ations of the facilities, said KenGen’s Managing
integrated remote performance management of Director Rebecca Miano.
the four plants. “The IoT project system will enhance cen-
The project was carried out under an agree- tralised data acquisition, storage, and provide
ment signed with the United Nations Industrial analytics that will be used to make key business
Development Organisation (UNIDO) using decisions and optimize plant availability,” she
funds provided by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, said.
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