Kenya Electricity Generating Company
The Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd.. (short KenGen ), established in Nairobi is the largest electricity generation company in Kenya. From the energy sources hydro, geothermal, oil, and wind KenGen covers about 80 percent of Kenya's electricity needs. The electricity generated will be sold exclusively at the Kenya Power and Lighting Company ( KPLC ), which takes over the distribution to the end customer. The company is listed under the symbol KEGn at the Nairobi Stock Exchange ( NSE).
- 3.1 energy
- 3.2 power plants
History
The history of the Kenya Electricity Generating Company began with the establishment of the Kenya Power Company ( KPC) in 1954 with the aim to build a high-voltage line between Nairobi and Tororo in Uganda and to create the conditions for the generation of electricity from geothermal and other energy sources. From the beginning, the CCP was the director of the Kenya Power and Lighting Company ( KPLC ), which is exclusively responsible for the distribution of the generated electricity to end customers.
As part of reforms on the Kenyan energy sector, the management of the CCP in January 1997 was formally separated from the KPLC, making a strict separation of power generation and distribution was realized. On 2 October 1998 it was renamed Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd.. under a new corporate identity. KenGen took with it the responsibility for all publicly-owned power plants. On 28 May 2013, the Stomversorger switches after a Verpffung in the pipeline network from the network and thus puts whole country lame stream Tech.
Corporate Structure
On 20 March 2006, the Kenyan government decided to privatize 30 % of KenGen. The IPO was oversubscribed by 236 %. Since May 17, 2006 KenGen listed under the symbol KEGn at the Nairobi Stock Exchange ( NSE). On 1 August 2007 KenGen was included in the NSE 20 - share index.
Board of Directors
The board of the Kenya Electricity Generating Company consists of 20 members. Non-Executive Director and Chairman is Titus Kitili Mbathi, Edward Njoroge is a Managing Director and CEO.
Indicators
In 2010, the Kenya Electricity Generating Company generated with 1658 employees, a turnover of 11.79 billion Kenyan shillings, equivalent to about 98.1 million euros. There were 3596 GWh of electricity fed into the grid.
Power generation
With a production of 3619 GWh from 22 power plants KenGen covered in 2010 about 80 % of Kenya's electricity needs. Prolonged droughts and large-scale deforestation reduced the availability of hydroelectric power plants on about 33%. KenGen intends the installed capacity of 2020 to 2000 MWe expand, with the main attention is paid to the development of geothermal and wind power. For the expansion KenGen foresees investments in the amount of 74 billion Kenyan shillings, about 616 million euros, above.
Energy sources
Power plants
As of October 2011, the Kenya Electricity Generating Company operates the following power plants in Kenya: