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GEOTHERMAL GAS-FIRED GENERATION access to reliable and affordable energy in
West Africa,” said Karim Amin, executive
KenGen to start Olkaria 1 Siemens Energy to supply vice-president of Siemens Energy’s Generation
Division. “Supported by our state-of-the-art
Unit 6 geothermal plant in F-class gas turbine to technology and services, this power plant will
be the most efficient natural gas fired power
2021 power plant in Côte d’Ivoire plant in Côte d’Ivoire and in the region. It will
help to reduce the area’s carbon footprint from
KenGen CEO Rebecca Miano said this week Siemens Energy has signed an agreement with power generation and support Côte d’Ivoire in
that KenGen expects to start commercial Spanish EPC contractor TSK to provide the its efforts to become a regional energy hub.”
production of its 83.3 MW Olkaria 1 Unit company’s highly efficient energy technology “Since the signing of the concession with
6 geothermal power plant before the end of and services to Atinkou (formerly known as Ivorian authorities in December 2018, the
2021. Ciprel V), a new combined cycle power plant Pan-African Industrial group Eranove – in
With an installed geothermal power to be built in Jacqueville, Côte d’Ivoire. charge of the design, financing, construction,
generation capacity of 706 MW today, this Owned by ATINKOU S.A., a subsidiary of operation and maintenance of this plant,
would not only significantly increase the Eranove, the power plant will have an installed carried by the company ATINKOU – is very
company’s geothermal production, but capacity of 390 MW in combined cycle and proud to bring together partners like Siemens
also edge Kenya closer to joining the 1 GW introduces the first F-class gas turbine in the Energy and TSK. The Atinkou power plant
geothermal country club. sub-Saharan Africa. The plant is scheduled to will produce electricity for thousands of
Today, Kenya has a geothermal power begin operations in late 2022. homes and industries to meet national and
generation capacity of 861 MW. With the Siemens Energy’s scope of supply includes regional electricity needs generated by strong
addition of the Olkaria 1 Unit 6 it would bring one SGT5-4000F gas turbine and one economic growth,” said Marc Albérola, CEO
the total capacity to around 944 MW or to the SST5-3000 steam turbine, each along with of the Pan-African Industrial Group Eranove.
same level as Italy. a generator, condenser and an SPPA-T3000 The SGT5-4000F gas turbine provides
KenGen has further geothermal control system. Additionally, a comprehensive high performance, low power generation
development ongoing. This includes the 12-year long-term service agreement (LTSA) costs, long intervals between inspections,
rehabilitation of Olkaria I and planned joint has been signed between the end customer and a service-friendly design. Optimised
venture development of an additional 140 ATINKOU S.A. and Siemens Energy. flow and cooling add up to high gas turbine
MW in geothermal power development. “Siemens Energy is proud to be supplying efficiency and economical power generation
the very first, highly efficient F-class gas in combined cycle applications.
turbine to the sub-Saharan region, thereby In March 2020, Siemens was awarded a
continuing our commitment to improve contract from the same EPC, TSK, to deliver a
SGT-800 gas turbine, generator and other key
components for Eranove’s 65 MW combined
cycle Kékéli Efficient Power plant project in
Lomé, the capital city of Togo in West Africa.

GRID
Nigeria’s TCN works with

GenCos, DisCos to improve

power supply

Acting Managing Director/CEO of the
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN),
Engr. Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz has assured
consumers that the company was working
with power generation and distribution
companies to improve electricity supply, the
Vanguard reported.
Abdulaziz stated this when participants of
the Senior Executive Course, SEC Number 43,
for the year 2021 of the National Institute for
Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Jos,
visited TCN, in Abuja.
The Study Group 1 participants led by its
Chairman, Rear Admiral E.O. Jaiyeola, were
in TCN to understudy TCN’s operational

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