KenGen owns four geothermal power stations, Olkaria I, Olkaria II, Olkaria IV and Olkaria I unit 4 & 5. In addition to the Power stations, KenGen own fifteen wellheads generation plants one at Eburru and fourteen at Olkaria.
Address: P. O. BOX 785, 20117 Naivasha
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person:Geothermal Development Director
The station, situated 220km North East of Nairobi was commissioned in 1989 with two vertical generating units rated 72MW each. The machines were upgraded to 84MW each in 2008/9. It has a 585 million cubic metres reservoir equipped with a natural spillway, a low-level outlet at the main dam, an emergency spillway.
Address:P. O. BOX 205, 60100 Embu
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person:Regional Manager,Eastern
Kipevu I Diesel Plant, commissioned in 1999, is a thermal plant which has six four-stroke diesel engines. The engines run on Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) at loads above 6.5MW and Industrial Diesel Oil (IDO) for start up to 6.5MW. The diesel engines are medium speed engines which drive synchronous generators at a synchronous speed of 428 revs/min.
Address:P. O. BOX 80801, 80100,Mombasa
Tel: 0703015000
Contact Person:Regional Manager, Thermal
The Tana Power Station lies just upstream of the confluence of the Sagana and Maragua Rivers to form River Tana. The bigger units draw water from Sagana River while the smaller units use water from Maragua River. This is a run-of-river plant with small sized dams having low water storage capacity: Merila dam on Sagana River and Maragua dam on Maragua River.
Address:P. O. BOX 230, 10200 Murang'a
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person:Regional Manager,Eastern
Wanjii power station is situated in Murang’a County 80km from Nairobi. This is a run-of-river plant with a small sized dam having low water storage capacity. It has Mathioya dam on Mathioya River and Maragua dam on Maragua River. The source for the two rivers is the Aberdare forest. The station has a total capacity of 7.4MW.
Address:P. O. BOX 45, 10200,Murang'a
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person:Regional Manager,Eastern
Sagana power station is situated in Nyeri County between Karatina and Nyeri towns 140km from Nairobi. This is a run-of-river plant with a small sized dam having low water storage capacity. The plant is on Sagana River that has tributaries starting from Mt. Kenya and the Aberdare forests.
Address:P. O. BOX 339, 10100 Nyeri
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person:Regional Manager,Eastern
A new generating machine was installed in in 2013 replacing the old one which was installed in 1930. This increased the rating of the plant to a capacity of 0.43MW up from 0.38MW. The new machine was installed by Gilbert Gilkes, UK who were also the original manufacturer of the 1930 plant.
Sang’oro is a cascade power station 4.7km from the Sondu Miriu power station. Water is conveyed from Sondu Miriu tailrace through a 4.7 km channel and a 133.6m length penstock from the head tank to the power station. Water from the station is released through a tailrace back to Sondu Miriu River.
Address:P. O. BOX 875, 40100 Kisumu
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person:Regional Manager,Western
Sondu Miriu Power Station is situated in Kisumu County , 60km from Kisumu town and 350km from Nairobi. It draws water from the Sondu Miriu River whose main catchment area is Mau Forest. Sondu is a run-of-river scheme with an intake weir and holding pond that discharges the required water with a net head of 178m via a 6.2 km tunnel and a 1.2 km penstock to the vertical Francis turbines.
Address:P. O. BOX 875, 40100 Kisumu
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person:Regional Manager,Western
Turkwel is situated 560km from Nairobi in North-Western Kenya on the border of West Pokot and Turkana counties. It was constructed under Kerio Valley Development Authority from 1986 to 1991 through partnership of the Kenyan and French governments.
Address:P. O. BOX 698, 30200 Kitale
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person:Regional Manager,Western
Gogo is situated 350km from Nairobi and 45 km from Migori town in Migori County . It was constructed in 1957 by the Macalder Mining Company to supply power to its gold mines. It is a run-of-river station drawing water from the Kuja River (also known as Gucha in the neighbouring Kisii) in a catchment area of 2,980 sq km.
Address:P. O. BOX 1058. 40400 Suna Migori
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person:Regional Manager,Western
Sosiani is located 340km from Nairobi, 20km West of Eldoret town in Kaptinga village, Uasin Gishu County . It is a run-of-river station drawing water for generation from River Sosiani which originates from Kaptagat Forest and runs through the Uasin Gishu plateau.
Address:P. O. BOX 308, 30100 Eldoret
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person:Regional Manager,Western
The Gas Turbine is a heavy duty three (3) stage Turbo Turbine Model MS6001B running at 5100rpm full speed was manufactured by General Electric Company and is coupled to a 39200kVA synchronous Brush Electrical Generator operating at 3000rpm speed through a reduction Load Gear Box (5100/3000 ratio).
Address: P.O.BOX 47936, 00100 Nairobi
TEL: 0711036000
Contact Person: Chief Engineer , Gas Turbine
The administrative office of the Seven Forks Hydro Stations is located at Gitaru Central office about 180km from Nairobi via the Nairobi-Thika-Kangonde-Embu road. The lower Tana River has been harnessed to provide 599.2MW of electrical energy for Kenya.
Masinga is the main reservoir in the cascade, with a capacity of 1.56 billion cubic meters of water and is therefore used for water regulation throughout the year. Two vertical Kaplan turbines drive two generators capable of generating 40MW of power.
Address:P. O. BOX 205, 60100 Embu
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person:Regional Manager,Eastern
The first underground power station in the complex. It was constructed in the early 70s by Yugoslav companies and European construction consortiums. The Francis runner turbines utilizing waters from the Thiba and Tana Rivers generate power at 11kV through three water-cooled generators.
Address:P. O. BOX 205, 60100 Embu
Tel: 0711036000
Contact Person: Regional Manager,Eastern
This is the biggest hydro power station in East Africa in terms of installed capacity. Two vertical Francis turbines drive generators rated at 85MVA each at a net head of 135m. The power produced is transmitted to Kamburu 132kV substation, via two 132kV circuits and the station is remotely controlled from Kamburu.