Sondu Miriu Hydroelectric Power Station

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Sondu Miriu Hydroelectric Power Station
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Location of Sondu Miriu Hydroelectric Power Station in Kenya
Country Kenya
Coordinates 0°20′33″S34°51′08″E / 0.34250°S 34.85222°E / -0.34250; 34.85222 Coordinates: 0°20′33″S34°51′08″E / 0.34250°S 34.85222°E / -0.34250; 34.85222
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 1999 [1]
Opening date 2007;11 years ago (2007) [2]
Owner(s) Kenya Electricity Generating Company
Dam and spillways
Impounds Sondu River
Sondu Miriu Hydroelectric Power Station
Operator(s) Kenya Electricity Generating Company
Commission date 24 July 2009 [3]
Type Run-of-the-river
Turbines 2 X 30MW
Installed capacity 60 MW (80,000 hp)

The Sondu Miriu Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Sondu River in Kenya. [4] [5]

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Location

The power station is located near the village of Kusa in Kisumu County, approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi), by road, southeast of Kisumu, the location of the county headquarters. [6] This lies approximately 350 kilometres (217 mi), by road, northwest of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in the country. [7] The coordinates of the power station are:0°20'33.0"S, 34°51'08.0"E (Latitude:0°20'33.0"S; Longitude:34°51'08.0"E). [8]

Kisumu County County in Kenya

Kisumu County is one of 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya. Its borders follow those of the original Kisumu District, one of the former administrative districts of the former Nyanza Province in western Kenya. Its headquarters is Kisumu City. It has a population of 968,909. The land area of Kisumu County totals 2085.9 km2.

Nairobi City in Nairobi County, Kenya

Nairobi is the capital and the largest city of Kenya. The name comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to "cool water", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 3,138,369 in the 2009 census, while the metropolitan area has a population of 6,547,547. The city is popularly referred to as the Green City in the Sun.

Overview

The power station is unique because it is not located directly on the river from which it derives the water that powers it. At the intake point, water is diverted to the power station, via a 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) intake tunnel. After the power is generated, the water effluent is discarded about 13 kilometres (8 mi) downstream of the intake point via an outlet channel that measures 4.7 kilometres (3 mi). A 50 kilometres (31 mi) 135kV transmission line carries the power from the power station to a substation in Kisumu, where it is integrated into the national electricity grid. Construction lasted 10 years, with a loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation at a total cost of Sh19 billion (US$249 million). [1] [9]

Effluent Outflowing of water or gas to a natural body of water, from a structure such as a wastewater treatment plant

Effluent is an outflowing of water or gas to a natural body of water, from a structure such as a wastewater treatment plant, sewer pipe, or industrial outfall. Effluent, in engineering, is the stream exiting a chemical reactor.

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation, JBIC, is a Japanese public financial institution and export credit agency that was created on October 1, 1999, through the merger of the Japan Export-Import Bank (JEXIM) and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF).

Other considerations

After Sondu Miriu was built, another associated power station, the 20.2 MW (27,100 hp) Sang'oro Hydroelectric Power Station, was built between 2007 and 2013, using the water discharge from Sondu Miriu as its intake. [10] [11] [12]

Sangoro Hydroelectric Power Station

The Sang'oro Hydroelectric Power Station is a 20.2 MW (27,100 hp) hydroelectric power station on the Sondu River in Kenya.

Ownership

Sondu Miriu Hydroelectric Power Station is 100 percent owned by Kenya Electricity Generating Company, a parastatal company of the government of Kenya. [5]

Kenya Electricity Generating Company company

Kenya Electricity Generating Company or simply KenGen is a company, the largest power producing company in Kenya producing about 69% of the electricity consumed in the country.

Government of Kenya

The Government of the Republic of Kenya (GoK) is the national government of the republic of Kenya which is composed of 47 Counties, each county with its own semi-autonomous governments. The national government is composed of three arms: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. Each arm is independent of the other and their individual roles are set by the Constitution of Kenya. The full name of the country is the "Republic of Kenya". Its official Swahili name is 'Jamhuri ya Kenya'. Other terms such as GoK, GK and Serikali are popularly used to refer to the Kenyan government.

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References

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  5. 1 2 KENGEN (5 April 2015). "Kenya Electricity Generating Company: Sondu Miriu Hydroelectric Power Project". Nairobi: Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KENGEN). Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  6. ↑ GFC (5 April 2016). "Distance between Kusa, Kisumu, Kenya and Kisumu, Kenya". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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  12. ↑ JICA (23 January 2007). "Sondu-Miriu Hydropower Project Sang'oro Power Plant: Ex-Ante Evaluation" (PDF). Tokyo: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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