Topic: Kenya Power: Massive power rationing begins Wednesday!

Kenya Power: Massive power rationing begins Wednesday






Ken Gen boss Eddie Njoroge (left) and Kenya Power counterpart Joseph Njoroge exchange their Power Purchase Agreement effective July 2008. Kenya Power has announced a power rationing regime that will affect most parts of the country except the coast region. The rationing will be between 6.40 PM and 9.30 PM, and will mostly be confined to industrial areas. Photo/FILE

By MWANIKI WAHOME, [email protected]
Posted Monday, July 25 2011 at 13:12

Kenya Power has announced a power rationing regime that will affect most parts of the country except the coast region.

The rationing will be between 6.40 PM and 9.30 PM, and will mostly be confined to industrial areas.

The last time such rationing was effected was in the 1990s, during which blackouts were frequent due to heavy reliance on the hydro-power sources for electricity.

Kenya Power managing director, Mr Joseph Njoroge on Monday said the rationing had become necessary due to shortfall of between 70 MW and 90 MW.

Mr Njoroge attributed the power generation shortfalls to delayed planting of new power generators, power outages due to planned maintenance and breadkdowns and unaivalability of the contracted 26 MW from Mumias sugar Company co-generation plant.

The rationing begins on Wednesday.

"There has been insufficient power generation reserve margin o meet the ever rising national power demand. Consequently, Kenya Power has experienced a challenge in meeting demand during the evening peak period in various parts of the country," reads a Kenya Power statement in the local dailies, Monday.

Mr Njoroge said it has been more challenging in Western Kenya the the power transmission system does not have adequate capacity to transport available power from eastern part of the country.

It is however anticipated that that the power supply situation in Western system Kenya will improve in the next 2 to 3 months when an emergency power plant of 60 MW is installed at Muhoroni. A detailed schedule of the rationing is available at the company's website (kenyapower.co.ke) and in Monday's local dailies including The Daily Nation.

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MY TAKE

It is time now the region under EA economic block joins hand and tackle the situation! Member states e.g. Uganda (oil, hydropwer) and Tanzania (gas, coal, geothermal and uranium) have proven huge energy deposits if are put into good use, power rationing can be a history!

yale yale, africa jamani inasikitisha!

Ukisema yale yale mbona kama unaibeba Tz ambao tuna upungufu wa zaidi ya 200mw na mgao ni was 12hrs jamani

Miafrika ndivyo tulivyo

At least the shortage in kenya has been strategically handled!! And the cuts is under six hours!!

What TZ is experiencing is a mess!!

mvua hakuna

By Nyunyu

At least the shortage in kenya has been strategically handled!! And the cuts is under six hours!!

What TZ is experiencing is a mess!!

Hiyo kweli ni 'strategically handling' lakini haina maan kwamba wamepata jibu la shida hiyo. Tatizo kbwa ni capacity ya Transmission system, haiwezi kubeba mzigo kulingana na demand hata kama uzalishaji utaongezeka; na hili siyo la kumaliza ndani ya miezi 3.

mvua ndio ugonjwa wa nchi zoote za Africa Masahariki, ukiacha Uganda sishahuri nchi yeyote kuwekeza kwenye hydropower

Kwa nini tunashindwa kuwekeza kwenye Solar

Kenya walikuwa na rationing lakini ilikuwa haijawa kali. Nadhani wanaelekea kubaya kama TZ

Wala tusiwape ujiko wa Kenya, tatizo ni lile lile - na kama ilivyo Bongo.. mtasikia kashfa hizo hizo za nishati. It is the same thing.. mtu aliyetumbukia shimoni kwenye kingo ya shimo, na yule aliyetumbukia katikati ya shimo, wote wametumbukia.

Hii hawezi kujustfy mgawo ulioko nchini!

By Nyunyu

At least the shortage in kenya has been strategically handled!! And the cuts is under six hours!!

What TZ is experiencing is a mess!!

.......... and temporary,kwa ajili ya development

Hivi kuna nchi gani ya Ulaya Magharibi iliyo na mgao wa umeme au ambayo iliwahi kuwa na mgao wa umeme? Au ni nchi gani ya Marekani ya Kaskazini iliyowahi kuwa na mgao wa umeme?

By Belo

Kwa nini tunashindwa kuwekeza kwenye Solar

Hivi unajua kutengeneza 1 MW ya unahitaji panels ngapi za kunasa mionzi? si rahisi mkuu solar ni kwa matumizi ya nyumbani madogo madogo na si kwa maviwanda!

By Geza Ulole

Hivi unajua kutengeneza 1 MW ya unahitaji panels ngapi za kunasa mionzi? si rahisi mkuu solar ni kwa matumizi ya nyumbani madogo madogo na si kwa maviwanda!

It does not have to solar panels mkuu.
angalia hii Massive solar tower for Arizona

Nchi za kaifrica inatulazimu kuangalia njia tofauti, sio kutegemea tu geo na hydro, kuna yale ya kutumia mawimbi ya baharini, kuna wind, zile solar za ku concentrate ikitumia mirors.

Technology ni nyingi tuu. Ni muhimu africa tiki diversify. Halafu pia naona nchi africa zitagain sana tuki join grid zetu hiyo nchi zenye mvua kama congo wakawekeza hydro, nchi zenye jua sana wakaweka sola, nchi zilizoko along rift valley zikawekeza geothermal nk. hapo ndipo tutaanza kuwa self reliant.

By Namtih58

It does not have to solar panels mkuu.
angalia hii Massive solar tower for Arizona

Nchi za kaifrica inatulazimu kuangalia njia tofauti, sio kutegemea tu geo na hydro, kuna yale ya kutumia mawimbi ya baharini, kuna wind, zile solar za ku concentrate ikitumia mirors.

Technology ni nyingi tuu. Ni muhimu africa tiki diversify. Halafu pia naona nchi africa zitagain sana tuki join grid zetu hiyo nchi zenye mvua kama congo wakawekeza hydro, nchi zenye jua sana wakaweka sola, nchi zilizoko along rift valley zikawekeza geothermal nk. hapo ndipo tutaanza kuwa self reliant.

we acha mchezo hiyo project ita-produce 200MW na thamani yake ni US$ 750 mio. na urefu wa hiyo tower ni twice the size of empire state (hivi unafikiria ni rahisi kufanya huu mradi)? na pia bado una massive solar panels angalia vizuri! Kwetu sisi solution ni geothermal, coal na natural gas! nuclear tusiguse kabisa!

By Geza Ulole

we acha mchezo hiyo project ita-produce 200MW na thamani yake ni US$ 750 mio. na urefu wa hiyo tower ni twice the size of empire state (hivi unafikiria ni rahisi kufanya huu mradi)? na pia bado una massive solar panels angalia vizuri! Kwetu sisi solution ni geothermal, coal na natural gas! nuclear tusiguse kabisa!

Mkuu sio lazima project zote ziwe za 200MW, nadhani hata ya 50MW itasaida.
Mradi huo hautumii solar panels mkuu, unatake advantage of the greenhouse effect na fact ya kuwa hot air rises. Hot air ndiyo inatumika ku zungusha turbines zakugenerate elec.

Hapa inabidi tu-concentrate na tatizo la umeme bongo.
Hao Kenya achaneni nao hata wakipata giza 24 hours hayo ni matatizo yao na haihalalishi bongo nao wawe na mgao.
Siku zote in life try to learn from the best, and not from your fellow inferiors/peers

By Geza Ulole

mvua ndio ugonjwa wa nchi zoote za Africa Masahariki, ukiacha Uganda sishahuri nchi yeyote kuwekeza kwenye hydropower

Geza ulole mie naomba kupingana na wewe kwasababu hydro power is the cheapest electricity compare to thermal power.

Tanzania sio kama Kenya tuna vyanzo vya maji visivyotegemea mvua kama Rufiji na mito mengine inayoweza kuzalisha umeme bila ya shida yeyote. Tuna makaa ya mawe Kenya hawana tunaweza kuzalisha umeme mwingi shida yetu sie sio vyanzo vya umeme bali ufisadi uligubika ndani ya Wizara ya Nishati, Tanesco na Siasa za CCM. Hivyo kwa hilo hatuwahitaji Kenya kwani tatizo letu la umeme linasababishwa na ufisadi na sio ukame!!!.

Wakenya tutawahitaji watuuzie umeme kama wanao wa ziada, au waganda au wazambia basi mengineyo tusiwape ujiko bure hawa!!!!