Energy Magazine December 2015 | Page 14

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Wind turbine at Lake Turkana
of KP & P , a company with a history of developing and operating wind power projects , to bring some specialist expertise to the project .
They were highly sceptical . Wassenaar , an old school friend of Dolleman , was however persuaded to come for a holiday . “ He fell in love with the place as soon as he saw it ,” says van Wageningen . “ The wind itself convinced him !” With the help of Henk Hutting another veteran of wind power , if that is the right word in such a new industry , who confirmed the reliability of the wind flow in the area , LTWP was set up in Kenya under the ownership of KP & P BV , and the real work began .
Early this year LTWP chairman Mugo Kibati accepted the Project Finance International ( PFI ) African
14 December 2015