Baseload / HFO / 74.5 MW

The Kipevu II project started in 1996 when the Government of Kenya embarked on a series of major policy reforms, including private sector investments. This resulted in the Government of Kenya issuing an international tender for a power generating station in Mombasa known as Kipevu II. In November 1996, Wärtsilä Development & Financial Services, Inc. (WDFS) submitted a proposal in response to the tender and the contract for developing the Kipevu II project was awarded to WDFS in 1997.

The Kipevu II project is owned by the special-purpose company Tsavo Power Company Limited of Kenya,  and the power plant is operated by Wärtsilä Operations as a contractor for Tsavo Power Company LTD.

Wärtsilä solution
Kipevu II consists of seven Wärtsilä 38 generating sets. Wärtsilä began construction immediately after financial closing in August 2000, and commercial operation was started on 4th September 2001, exactly on schedule.

One of the keys to the successful Kipevu II project was fast equipment delivery from Finland and the Netherlands. Today the Kipevu II project is KPLC’s lowest-cost energy producer among all their thermal projects. Wärtsilä showed their capabilities in total energy concepts by developing an IPP project without government guarantees in the most cost-effective way for the investors with KPLC as the off-taker.