At the start of 2020, we commissioned G3 at Kamburu HPP for KenGen, which operates 14 HPPs and generates 80% of the total electricity in Kenya. Revitalization was carried out as part of the plant modernization project. The scope of work included design, equipment manufacturing and delivery, project supervision, as well as testing and commissioning, two 60-ton cranes, overhaul of intake gates, replacement of 0.4 kV substations, 11 kV equipment in the generator switchyard, and external switchyard.

The contract pertains to the second phase of Kamburu HPP revitalization. The first phase was completed in 2014, when excitation, protection, and motor drive control systems were replaced.

Back in the 1970s (1973 – 1975), we delivered three vertical 37 MVA, 10 kV, 273 rpm generators, with excitation systems, automatic voltage regulation and demagnetization equipment, three control panels for automatic start-up, monitoring, and shut-down, and other associated equipment for Kamburu HPP.

This project, along with several others recently completed in Africa (Kidatu HPP in Tanzania, Mulungushi HPP and Lunsemfwa HPP in Zambia), as well as HPP revitalization projects underway in Guinea and Tanzania, represent another step towards reinforcing our presence in Africa, where we have a long-standing track-record of delivering equipment for power facilities, particularly in the hydro segment.