The longest statewide power outage in Kenya recollection remained a mystery on Sunday. As the government-owned power provider put the blame on the electricity system. Rather than a malfunction at Africa’s largest wind farm. Power was restored to some of Kenya’s more than 50 million residents, including those in Nairobi. The country‘s capital, about 24
The longest statewide power outage in Kenya recollection remained a mystery on Sunday. As the government-owned power provider put the blame on the electricity system. Rather than a malfunction at Africa’s largest wind farm.
Power was restored to some of Kenya’s more than 50 million residents, including those in Nairobi. The country‘s capital, about 24 hours after a severe blackout struck late Friday. It was embarrassing for the East African economic hub. Which has tried to position itself as the continent’s IT hub but still faces problems. With alleged mismanagement and subpar infrastructure.
A government minister in Kenya, where tourism is a significant component of the economy, issued a rare public apology after hundreds of passengers were left stuck in darkness at Nairobi’s main international airport for hours. Transport Minister Kipchumba Murkomen declared, “This situation WILL NOT occur again.”
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After the main international terminal’s generator failed to start, the Kenya Airports Authority’s CEO was let go.
The first thorough explanation of the outage was provided by Kenya Power just before midnight on Saturday. Kenya Power blamed the loss of power production from Lake Turkana Wind Power Plant, the largest wind farm in Africa, for creating an imbalance that “tripped all other main generating stations and units, resulting in a complete grid failure.
In contrast, Lake Turkana Wind Power refuted responsibility in a statement. As an alternative, it claimed that it had been forced offline due to “overvoltage in the national grid system, which causes the wind power plant to automatically switch off to avoid extreme damage.” Almost 15% of the country’s output was being produced by the factory at the time.
The company claimed that other power generators in the system should be able to compensate for such a disruption right away, but the ongoing national grid failures were making it difficult to restart the wind farm.
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