Kitui – Tharaka Line is a 400kV overhead line with a length of 120km from Kitui, Machakos, Kenya, to Tharaka, Tharaka-Nithi, Kenya.

The project, which is currently under construction, is expected to be commissioned in 2021.

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Description

Kitui – Tharaka Line is an overhead line that will be operated by Kenya Electricity Transmission. The line will carry alternating current (AC) through double circuit cable.

The development of the Kitui – Tharaka Line project has been approved by the The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority.

Kitui – Tharaka Line project development status

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The construction works on the Kitui – Tharaka Line project commissioning is expected in 2021.

About Kenya Electricity Transmission

Kenya Electricity Transmission Co Ltd (KETRACO) is an electric utility company that develops electricity transmission infrastructure. The utility plans, designs, constructs, owns, operates and maintains high voltage electricity transmission grid and regional power interconnectors. Its services include the construction of transmission pylons, conductors and substations. KETRACO operates transmission lines of various capacities. It also develops a grid system to improve the quality and reliability of electricity supply, evacuates power from planned generation plants, reduces transmission losses, reduces the cost of electricity, and others.

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All publicly-announced T&D Line & Substation projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects is sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific utility players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.