The Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) has dismissed allegations of being responsible for the nationwide blackout that hit the nation on Friday from 9.45 pm. In a statement released on Saturday, August 26, the power plant refuted claims by Kenya Power that the outage occurred after losing 270 megawatts (MW) of power from the Lake Turkana Wind Power Plant (LTWP). Wind Power turbines installed at Lake Turkana. Photo EPRA"Our attention is drawn to various social media reports and a statement by Kenya Power in respect of the present power outage. It added its disconnection was necessitated by the need to avoid extreme damage that causes wind power plants to switch off automatically.

Source: Daily Nation August 27, 2023 17:11 UTC