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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