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Masinga — 40 MW Hydroelectric

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Masinga is a 40 MW hydro power plant located in Kenya. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
40 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1980

Year online

Owner
Kenya Electric Generating Company

Operator

Location
-0.88, 37.59

Coordinates

Insights

#20
largest in Kenya
#3,470
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#15,126
largest worldwide
1980
4 yrs older than avg
15
operated by Kenya Electric Generating…
6
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
40 MW
Commissioned
1980
Status
Operational
Owner
Kenya Electric Generating Company
Country
KEN
Coordinates
-0.879, 37.588

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
3,364 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
269,107 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

731
cars per year
449
homes per year
152,902
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

Nearby Plants

Gitaru

Kenya · Hydroelectric

225MW · 1978

Olkaria I

Kenya · Geothermal

185MW · 1981

Kiambere

Kenya · Hydroelectric

168MW · 1987

Olkaria I units 4 & 5

Kenya · Geothermal

140MW · 2015

Olkaria IV

Kenya · Geothermal

140MW · 2014

Olkaria III (Orpower 4)

Kenya · Geothermal

139MW · 2015

About this plant

Masinga is a 40 MW hydroelectric power plant in Kenya, operated by Kenya Electric Generating Company since 1980.

Ranked #7 of 8 hydro plants in Kenya, Masinga accounts for 5.09% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 785 MW. The largest hydro plant in Kenya is Gitaru at 225 MW, making Masinga 5.625 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Gitaru (225 MW, Hydro), Kiambere (168 MW, Hydro), and Kamburu (94.2 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Kenya, approximately 100 km from the capital, Nairobi.

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