Kenya: Cemtech, the Indian cement firm owned by the Sanghi Group, is set to build a 30MW coal power plant for its proposed cement plant in West Pokot County. Construction of the plant is expected to begin on 14 August 2013, according to the Kenyan newspaper Business Daily.
15MW of electrical energy is intended to run the operations of the proposed cement plant. The remaining 15MW will be sold to the Kenyan national power grid said the National Environment Management Authority (Nema).
The entire cement plant project is expected to cost US$175m. The plant is due for completion in 2015 and will have a cement production capacity of 1.5Mt/yr. Although centered on the Kenyan cement market the plant will also target Uganda and South Sudan.
