Type | Private |
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Industry | Electric Power Generation |
Founded | 2013 |
Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya |
Key people | Francis Njogu Managing Director [1] |
Products | Electricity |
Website | Homepage |
Amu Power Company is a power generation company based in Nairobi, Kenya. [2]
Amu Power Company was formed as a consortium between Gulf Energy and Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed Centum Investment Company Limited. [3]
The firm was awarded the tender by the Government of Kenya to develop a 981.5 Megawatt coal-fired power plant in the Manda area of Lamu County, [4] dubbed the Lamu Coal Power Station. [5] This would be the first coal power station in East Africa and the project is valued at KSh164 Billion. [6]
The coal plant is being challenged in court and fought by local activists. Lamu is a UNESCO world heritage site that is threatened by the Plant. [7] One could therefore argue the investment is in danger of failing to take off. [8]
Hindpal Jabbal, the former chairman of Energy Regulation Commission of Kenya states that the coal plant is a massive waste of public funds as capacity charges alone will cost Kenyan Taxpayers KSh360 billion (US$360 million), annually, even if no electricity is consumed· [9]
The company is owned by a consortium whose shareholding was as depicted in the table below, as of May 2018: [10] [11]
Rank | Name of Owner | Percentage Ownership |
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1 | Centum Investment Company Limited | |
2 | Gulf Energy | |
3 | China Huadian | |
4 | Sichuan Number 3 Power Construction Company | |
5 | Sichuan Electric Power Design and Consulting Company | |
6 | GE Power | 20.00 |
Total | 100.00 | |
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