Africa's Biggest Wind Farm Runs Into Stormy Weather Nov 21, 2009
Nairobi Long term lenders behind the massive Lake Turkana Wind Power Project - Kenya's largest green-field wind power scheme - are now asking for a government guarantee to cover the risks in the private-sector funded project ... Lake Turkana Wind Power has negotiated a 20-year power purchase agreement with KPLC, that is denominated in Euros and which includes stand-by letters of credit guaranteeing advance payments ... The Lake Turkana Wind Power project is in the Turkana District of Kenya. (allAfrica.com)
Meet the REAL Young Indiana Jones Oct 24, 2009
Found on the eastern side of Kenya's Lake Turkana, the site is a prime spot for paleontological research and there we uncovered a new nonfictional adventurer, in the flesh. Step aside, Harrison Ford: Andrew Du is the real young Indiana Jones. (Fox News)
Ways of living Oct 11, 2009
In a dry river bed in Lochoraikey, close to the shrinking Lake Turkana, men and women gathered. The women were on one side - most wearing a mountain of brightly coloured necklaces. (BBC News -- Africa)
Kenya: Water Shortages Lead to Cholera Outbreaks Sep 11, 2009
"The worry is [that] they [Turkana residents] are using water from the Ferguson Gulf, in Lake Turkana, which is contaminated," he said. A broken-down water pump has been repaired to provide clean water. (allAfrica.com)
Kenya: Green Power Rules Come Rain Or Shine Aug 19, 2009
The Lake Turkana Wind Power Company plans to generate about 300MW of electricity for sale to Kenyan consumers by June 2011. Its wind farm will consist of 353 turbines able to generate 850 KW each. (allAfrica.com)
East Africa: Kenya, Sudan to Import Power From Ethiopia Jul 22, 2009
Ethiopia is building more than five big hydro-electric dams including the controversial Gibe 3 which is said to affect the flow of water from Ethiopia's Omo River to Lake Turkana in Kenya. Be the first to. (allAfrica.com)
Ethiopia: Govt to Build Fourth Dam On River Omo Jul 10, 2009
The Gibe 4 dam will be built along the river, which tributes significant water volumes to Kenya's Lake Turkana ... Ethiopia signed the agreement following a Kenyan delegation's five-day visit to the country last month, to probe the environmental impact of Ethiopian Gibe III dam on Lake Turkana. (allAfrica.com)
Ethiopia: AfDB Set to Start Funding Country's Gibe Dam Jul 4, 2009
However, activist groups around Lake Turkana have been mounting campaigns against the project, saying it will affect the ecosystem. Apart from AfDB, the World Bank and European Investment Bank are some of the financiers that the lobby -- Friends of Lake Turkana -- has been targeting ... AfDB's financing assurance comes barely two weeks after a team of Kenya government officials who had travelled to Ethiopia to investigate claims that the project poses a danger to the future of Lake Turkana also... (allAfrica.com)
Ethiopia: Giving Peace a Chance in South Omo May 25, 2009
"Now we can see [the] Dasenech from Ethiopia and Gabra from Kenya willing to surrender what they raided from each other," Charles Njinjy, the Kenyan police commander at Illeret station, Lake Turkana, said. "We have tackled the bigger things," he told IRIN. "When we have peace, security forces do not have a problem. [Without] peace, we are always chasing criminals and law-breakers.". (allAfrica.com)
Kenya-AfDB to Facilitate 300 Million Euro Loan for Kenyan Power Project May 13, 2009
Lake Turkana Wind Power consortium (LTWP), the handler of the project, plans to provide 300 MW of clean power to Kenya's national electricity grid by taking advantage of a unique wind resource in Northwest Kenya near Lake Turkana. Using the latest wind turbine technology LTWP can provide reliable and continuous clean power to satisfy up to about 30 percent of Kenya's current total installed power. (allAfrica.com)
Married by the Maasai Apr 17, 2009
To the north is Lake Turkana, where the first words were spoken. To the south is Laetoli, where, in 1978, Mary Leakey's team was tossing around elephant turds when they stumbled across two sets of momentous footprints: bipedal, tandem, two early hominids together; 3. (Slate)
Kenya: Lake Turkana Plan to Produce Wind Power [interview] Apr 10, 2009
Lake Turkana Wind Power plans to produce 300MW by 2012 by harnessing renewable wind power in northern Kenya ... The promoters of Lake Turkana Wind Power project (LTWP) were aware since the 1980's that there were was a huge potential in Loyingalani but it was not financially viable until now, with greatly improved turbines as well as rising cost of crude oil and other power sources. (allAfrica.com)
Kekaha native fulfills dream in Kenya (53) Apr 5, 2009
We headed toward Lake Turkana and then we landed in Nairobi, Kenya. This trip was to become a revelation my visions of the Black Pharaohs and all the animals in Africa realized. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Traditional huts go deluxe Mar 29, 2009
Bil huts are used by the Dassonech tribe on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana. They are traditionally made from grass, branches and animal skin, but more modern 'deluxe' versions made from tin are starting to appear. (BBC News)
Fishing fears Mar 27, 2009
Fishermen on Kenya's Lake Turkana fear their lives could be ruined by the construction of one of Africa's biggest dams - hundreds of miles upstream on the Omo River in Ethiopia. For hundreds of years, they have paddled their wooden boats out onto the lake to catch fish which they sell in local markets. (BBC News -- Africa)
Prehumans walked like us 1.5m yrs ago Feb 28, 2009
An international team of scientists, in a report on Friday in the journal Science, said the well-defined prints in an eroding bluff east of Lake Turkana provided the oldest evidence of an essentially modern humanlike foot anatomy. They said the find also added to evidence that painted a picture of Homo erectus as the prehumans who took long evolutionary strides -figuratively and, now it seems, also literally. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Walking tall Feb 27, 2009
An international team of scientists, in a report published Friday in the journal Science, wrote that the well-defined prints in an eroding bluff east of Lake Turkana "provided the oldest evidence of an essentially modern humanlike foot anatomy" and added to the picture of Homo erectus as the prehumans who took long evolutionary strides - figuratively and, now it seems, also literally. Where the individuals who made the tracks were going, or why, is beyond knowing by the cleverest scientist. (International Herald Tribune)
Prints are earliest signs of modern human feet Feb 27, 2009
Koobi Fora refers to a region around Koobi Fora Ridge, located on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana. The area has been a rich resource for excavations. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
Kenya: Food Shortages Loom in North-West Feb 20, 2009
How clean is Lake Turkana. I have read that it has Typha swamps in it. (allAfrica.com)
