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Kakamega Waste To Energy Plant

Mumias East Constituency, Kenya

Kakamega Waste To Energy Plant, also Kakamega Solid Waste Power Station, is a 10 MW (13, 000 hp) solid waste-fired thermal power plant under development in Kenya. VR Holding AB, a Swedish energy company, has been awarded the concession contract to design, finance, construct, operate and maintain the power station. As raw material, the power station is designed to use solid waste gathered from homes, businesses and industries in Kakamega County and neighboring counties in south-western Kenya, including the counties of Bungoma, Busia, Homa Bay, Trans Nzoia, Vihiga and others.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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