The Government of Kenya has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese developer Eurus Energy and Australian-headquartered wind developer Windlab for the planned development of 80 MW Meru County Energy Park, a hybrid large-scale hybrid wind, solar PV and battery project in Central Kenya.
The US$150 million project would consist of 20 wind turbines and 40,000 solar panels. It will be developed under the public-private partnership with Meru County and the construction is due to start in 2021.
The MoU was signed between Windlab East Africa, Eurus Energy, the Kenya Investment Authority and Meru County government on Thursday 29 August at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
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