Mumias Biomass Power Plant is a 37MW biopower project. It is located in Kakamega, Kenya. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is currently owned by Mumias Sugar.
Mumias Biomass Power Plant is a combined heat and power (CHP) project. Bagasse which is a kind of agricultural by-product is used as a feedstock to power the project.
Mumias Biomass Power Plant (Mumias Biomass Power Plant Unit I) consists of 2 turbines with 2.5MW nameplate capacity.
Mumias Biomass Power Plant (Mumias Biomass Power Plant Unit II) consists of 1 turbine with 7MW nameplate capacity.
Mumias Biomass Power Plant (Mumias Biomass Power Plant Unit III) consists of 1 unit of Extraction Condensing Turbine turbine with 25MW nameplate capacity.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Kenya Power and Lighting under a power purchase agreement.
Contractors involved
ISGEC Heavy Engineering supplied steam boiler for the project. The boiler installed at the site has a capacity of 170TPH.The temperature witnessed inside the boiler is around 515°C.
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