Kenya: Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi Reveals Suswa Trip and Turkana Power Failure Behind Friday’s Blackout

Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has revealed the cause of the nationwide blackout that struck the country on Friday, September 6, revealing that it stemmed from the tripping of the Suswa substation. 

According to the CS, the outage was triggered by a failure in the 220kV Loiyangalani transmission line, which was evacuating 288MW from the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) plant.

“The tripping of the Suswa line was followed by the failure of the Ethiopia-Kenya 500kV interconnector, which…