Vipingo power station

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Vipingo power station is a cancelled power station in Vipingo - Kilifi County, Coast, Kenya. It is also known as Kilifi Coal power station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Vipingo power station	Vipingo - Kilifi County, Coast, Kenya	-3.8202, 39.7859 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology
Unit 1	cancelled	coal: unknown	300	supercritical
Unit 2	cancelled	coal: unknown	300	subcritical

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Unit 1	Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC [100%]	Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC [100.0%]
Unit 2	Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC [100%]	Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC [100.0%]

Background

Kenya Electricity Generation's (KenGen) website stated that a 600 MW coal plant would be commissioned in July 2016.

A construction contract was signed with Daewoo in 2012.

In February 2014 KenGen said that, after initial hurdles on land acquisition, the company was abandoning plans to build coal plants and instead focusing on a clean energy drive, including additional capacity from geothermal, wind, and hydro sources.

As of May 2021, the project is no longer listed on the KenGen website, with planned projects only being wind, hydro, and geothermal.

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Additional data

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