Kiambere Hydroelectric Power Station
Script error: No such module "Type in location".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Expression error: Unexpected < operator The Kiambere Hydroelectric Power Station is an earth-filled embankment dam on the Tana River near Kiambere, Kenya. It straddles the border of Embu and Kitui Counties in the former Eastern Province. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 165 MW power station. Construction on the dam began in 1983 and it was completed in 1987. The power station was commissioned in 1988. Beginning in 2008 both turbine-generators were upgraded from 72 MW to 82.5 MW. They were commissioned in 2009.[1] US$95 million in funding for the original project was provided by the World Bank. The power station is operated by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company and is part of the Seven Forks Scheme.[2][3]
The Script error: No such module "convert". tall dam withholds a Script error: No such module "convert". reservoir with the assistance of another earth-fill saddle dam to the northwest. Water from an intake on the saddle dam travels through a Script error: No such module "convert". headrace tunnel to the power station which is located underground. It contains two 82.5 MW Francis turbine-generators. Water released from the power station is returned to the Tana via a Script error: No such module "convert". long tailrace tunnel. The difference in elevation between the reservoir and power station affords a hydraulic head of Script error: No such module "convert"..[4][5]
See also
<templatestyles src="Stack/styles.css"/>
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kindaruma Dam – upstream
- List of power stations in Kenya
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".