Friday, November 2, 2012

Kenya:

Honeywell Control System Selected by Hyundai Engineering to Support Olkaria Expansion (FEN)

Kenya Electricity Generating (KenGen) is setting up two key geothermal plants in Olkaria, which are expected to increase KenGen’s total electricity generating capacity by 25% and help meet the country’s increasing demand for energy.

Experion PKS will be implemented at KenGen’s Olkaria I and IV power plants, each with a capacity of 140 MWe.

The control system will be used to integrate data from Olkaria’s different operating systems and share that information with the plant’s workforce, enabling them to make quicker, better informed decisions. The system will also be used to centralize control room strategies.

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