Amu Power Company

Amu Power Company Limited
Private
Industry Electric Power
Generation
Founded 2013
Headquarters Nairobi, Kenya
Key people
 Francis Njogu
Managing Director[1]
Products Electricity
Website Homepage

Amu Power Company is a power generation company based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Overview

Amu Power Company was formed as a consortium between Gulf Energy and Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed Centum Investment Company Limited.[2]

The firm was awarded the tender by the Government of Kenya to develop a 981.5 Megawatt coal-fired power plant in the Manda area of Lamu County,[3] dubbed the Lamu Coal Power Station.[4][5] This would be the first coal power station in East Africa and the project is valued at KSh164 Billion.

Ownership

The company is owned by a consortium whose shareholding was as depicted in the table below, as of May 2016:[6]

Amu Power Company Stock Ownership
Rank Name of OwnerPercentage Ownership
1 Centum Investment Company Limited
2 Gulf Energy
3 China Huadian
4Sichuan Number 3 Power Construction Company
5Sichuan Electric Power Design and Consulting Company
Total100.00

Lamu Coal Power Station

Lamu Coal Power Station is a proposed 981.5 megawatt coal-fired thermal power station in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Otuki, Neville (8 June 2015). "Chinese Firm Signs KSh96 Billion Contract for Lamu Coal-Fired Electricity Plant". Business Daily Africa (Nairobi). Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "About Amu Power". Amu Power Company. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Construction of US$ 2bn coal power plant in Lamu, Kenya to commence in October". Construction review online. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  4. ↑ Standard Reporter, and Reuters (15 January 2015). "Tribunal Backs Centum Consortium's KSh170 Billion Coal Power Plant Tender Win". The Standard (Kenya). Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Wasuna, Brian (14 January 2015). "Centum Wins KSh164 Billion Coal Power Plant Tender Case". Business Daily Africa (Nairobi). Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Senelwa, Kennedy (14 May 2016). "Kenya now securing land for Lamu coal plant". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Kangethe, Kennedy (20 March 2014). "Kenya: Government Seeks Coal Power Plant Investors". 98.4 Capital FM (Nairobi). Retrieved 24 January 2015.

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Coordinates: 00°19′59″S 36°25′43″E / 0.33306°S 36.42861°E / -0.33306; 36.42861

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