Turkwel Hydro Power Plant
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The Turkwel Hydro Power Plant is Kenya
's largest hydro
power plant having an installed electric capacity of 106 MW.
The dam
, Kenya's largest, is located on the Turkwel River
in NW Kenya. It has a height of 153 m, crest length of 150 m, dam volume of 170,000 m³ and retains a water volume of 1,641,000,000 m³.
It is well known in being a failed aid project where the dam was built on the wrong information, and it has never run to its full capacity. 800 people had to move because of the dam, with little or no compensation, and the damage to the environment and the local people has been huge.
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
's largest hydro
Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...
power plant having an installed electric capacity of 106 MW.
The dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
, Kenya's largest, is located on the Turkwel River
Turkwel River
The Turkwel River is a river flowing from Mount Elgon in the border of Kenya and Uganda to Lake Turkana. The river is called Suam River from its source to the border with the West Pokot District of Kenya...
in NW Kenya. It has a height of 153 m, crest length of 150 m, dam volume of 170,000 m³ and retains a water volume of 1,641,000,000 m³.
It is well known in being a failed aid project where the dam was built on the wrong information, and it has never run to its full capacity. 800 people had to move because of the dam, with little or no compensation, and the damage to the environment and the local people has been huge.