Wind Farm Makes Lowest Cost Electricity

Kenya will build 365 wind turbines,
. . . with a capacity to produce 850 kW of electricity at
. . . 9.9 cents(US) per kilowatt-hour (kWh) and
. . . without subsidies.

To pilot and demonstrate the
. . . . . . economic,
. . . . . . social and
. . . . . . environmental viability,
. . . of low carbon development pathways in the energy sector,
. . . creating new economic opportunities and
. . . increasing energy access through the use of renewable energy.

The $772 million(US) project also entails building a
. . . 265-mile transmission line,
. . . to the national grid.

Renewable energy could go a long way to improving Kenya's  situation,
. . . as well as yielding significant benefits in terms of
. . . . . . economic development,
. . . . . . jobs creation,
. . . . . . environmental conservation and protection.

Source: cleantechnica