Radiant Solar Power Station is a solar power plant in Kenya.
Location The power station is located in Uasin Gishu County, in the Western part of Kenya, approximately by road, south east of the city of Eldoret. This site lies adjacent to Eldosol Solar Power Station.
Overview The power station has a capacity of 40 megawatts, that is sold directly to the Kenya Power and Lighting Company for integration in the national electricity grid. The electricity is evacuated via a substation near the power station, connected to a high voltage transmission line that passes near the power station. The power shares a common substation with the neighboring Eldosol Solar Power Station. The power is sold at KSh12.36 (US$0.1236) per kilowatthour (kWh) under Kenya's feed-in-tariff for solar power.
Developers The power station was developed by a consortium comprising the entities listed in the table below. The developers also own the power station, as well as the adjacent 40 megawatt Eldosol Solar Power Plant.
+ Eldosol Solar Power Station Ownership Rank Name of OwnerPercentage Ownership 1 Frontier Investment Management 2 Selenkei Investment Limited 3 Cedate Limited 4 Interpro International LLC 5 Paramount Universal Bank Total100.00
Construction timeline, costs and funding The cost of construction was budgeted at US€70 million (approx. KSh7.84 billion). In 2018, the European Investment Bank approved a loan of €30 million (KSh3.36 billion) towards the construction of this power station. The developer/owners raised the difference of €40 million (approx. KSh4.48 billion). An equal loan amount was also approved for Eldosol Solar Power Station, by the same lender, on similar terms. This power station reached commercial commissioning in August 2021.
See also
List of power stations in Kenya
References
External links Spinning reserve power plants to be built in Eldoret and Suswa As of 15 January 2019.