Xinhua Nairobi, July 3 (Xinhuanet Ying), Kenya's largest power company - on the 2nd Kenya Electricity Generating Company said it would invest at least 10 million euros (about 14.11 million U.S. dollars) in the country for wind power generation, in order to enhance Kenya of generation capacity.

Kenya Electricity Generating Company said in a statement that the development of wind energy can help Kenya meet the growing demand for electricity has been installed four wind turbine generators, can be put into operation at any time. The wind energy project in Belgium of the loans this year is expected to be officially launched until September.

Kenya experienced a number of places as a result of the drought affected the hydro-electric power, Kenya Electricity Generating Company has closed the eastern region are willing to a 14-megawatt hydro-electric power plant.

Kenya Electricity Generating Company is currently rely mainly on water resources, power generation, Kenya, about 80% of generating capacity from the company. At present, the effective power generation in Kenya is about 1200 MW of total capacity, while the highest electricity demand of about 1070 MW. Demand for electricity in Kenya is still about 8% a year growth.

Soure : XinHua,China,2009,7