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Renewable Energy Champion Kenya Plans Africa’s Biggest Wind Farm

  • KenGen to dislodge Africa’s biggest farm with 1,000MW facility
  • About 92% of Kenya’s generating capacity is from renewables
Photographer: Maria Magdalena Arrellaga/Bloomberg
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Kenya Electricity Generating Co., the East African nation’s main power producer, plans a 1,000 megawatt wind farm that would be the continent’s biggest such facility.

About 92% of Kenya’s generating capacity already comes from renewables such as hydroelectric dams and geothermal. Authorities there aim to increase that to 100% by 2030 and the nation’s leader, William Ruto, is positioning himself to be Africa’s leading voice on combating global warming.