The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (Ketraco) on Friday signed a 95.68 billion deal with Adani Energy Solutions Limited.
Adani Energy Solutions will manage the transmission line for 30 years, ensuring long-term sustainability and efficiency, and after that transfer the project and all its assets to Ketraco.
Under the deal, five transmission lines and substations will be developed.
While announcing the deal, Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi said the signing of the agreement process has been ongoing for the past four months.
“I am pleased to announce the successful signing of the Project Agreement between the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) and Adani Energy Solutions Limited today (the Project Company),” Wandayi said.
“The agreement marks the beginning of a transformative initiative to develop, finance, construct, operate, and maintain key transmission lines and substations across Kenya.”
The transmission lines and substations developed under the deal are 400kV (Double-Circuit) Gilgil-Thika-Malaa-Konza Line spanning 208.73 km.
The line will include new substations at Gilgil, Thika, and Malaa as well as substantial extensions at Konza. The deal will also develop a 220kV Rongai-Keringet-Chemosit Line covering 99.98 km.
The line will include substations at Rongai, Keringet and Chemosit. The Ketraco – Adani deal will see the 132kV Menengai-Ol Kalou-Rumuruti Line developed, it is an 89.88 km line with substations at Menengai, Ol Kalou and Rumuruti.
The 400/220kV Substation at Lessos will also be developed. The line is critical for supporting the 400kV transmission network and enhancing regional power stability.
Wandayi further added that 132/33kV Substation at Thurdibuoro will also be developed expanding the local distribution grid and providing much-needed power to underserved areas.
Wandayi said the project facilitates Vision 2030, Kenya’s long-term development plan to transition into a middle-income, industrialised nation.
He said that by enhancing electricity transmission capacity, the government aims to support industrial growth and improve regional integration, ensuring stable and reliable power for industries and households across the country.
“This project is aligned with the Government’s objective of expanding access to electricity across the country, minimise transmission losses and address blackouts. This project will empower communities, create job opportunities, and stimulate economic activity at the grassroots level in different parts of the country,” he said.
“This aligns with the Government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda, which seeks to ensure equitable economic growth and development.”
The CS said that the project will enhance the national electricity infrastructure (transmission lines and substations).
This, he said, will ensure reliable and widespread access to power that will support Kenya’s growing economy and development goals.
“All Kenyans are well aware of the significant challenge that our country faces with persistent power blackouts,” he added.
Wandayi added that, as part of this infrastructure development, the Project Company will raise all the funding in the form of debt and equity that will be repaid over the 30 years of the project agreement.