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Kenya Signs Power Line Deals to Deliver Geothermal Energy (Reuters)

Kenya has signed deals worth 8.14 billion shillings ($89 million) to construct a 313-km high-voltage transmission line to connect geothermal power plants to its western region and help link the grid to neighboring countries.

A series of projects initiated by the state aim to improve power distribution and link Kenya's grid to its neighbors.

The Olkaria-Lessos-Kisumu electricity transmission project shall connect to the Ethiopia-Kenya interconnector which terminates at Suswa substation, via the Olkaria-Suswa project.

The line will run from Olkaria to Lessos in Eldoret, connecting to Tororo in Uganda via the Kenya Uganda interconnector and further to Rwanda.

State-owned Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (KETRACO) said the project signed on Tuesday would link geothermal plants in the Rift Valley's Olkaria region to western Kenya by March 2017.

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