📋 Tender Overview
Scope :
High Grand Falls is a 700MW hydro power project. It is planned on Tana river/basin in Tharaka-Nithi, Kenya. It will be developed in multiple phases. The project construction is likely to commence in 2028 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2031.
Description
The project is currently owned by Government of Kenya.
The hydro reservoir capacity is planned to be 5,400 million cubic meter. The gross head and net head of the project will be 106m and 101m respectively. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, is expected to be 7 in number. The penstock length will be 120m. The penstock diameter will be 4.5m. The project cost is expected to be around $2,000m.
High Grand Falls (High Grand Falls Stage-1) consists of 5 units of francis turbines with 100MW nameplate capacity.
High Grand Falls (High Grand Falls Stage-2) consists of 2 units of francis turbines with 100MW nameplate capacity.
