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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.
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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.
In November 2009, Wärtsilä was awarded a turnkey contract for a 117 MW thermal power plant to be located opposite Kipevu II. The order was placed by Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen), the leading power generation company in Kenya. Kipevu III, consisting of seven W18V46 engines, was successfully handed over to KenGen in March 2011.
| Name: | Kipevu II | Kipevu III |
| Type: | Oil power plant | Oil power plant |
| Location: | Mombasa, Kenya | Mombasa, Kenya |
| Owner: | Tsavo Power Company, Kenya | Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen) |
| Delivered: | 2001 | 2011 |
| Engines: | 7 x Wärtsilä 18V38 | 7 x Wärtsilä 18V46 |
| Total electrical output: | 74.5 MW | 117 MW |