Kenya power is not signing power purchase agreements.
Can they take advantage of a clause in the terms of the loans they have to do hasten repayment by paying more?

KEGN should sit this one out. This is not the first time that a powerplant using generated biogas (mostly methane) has been proposed. All similar attempts have failed miserably due to graft allegations.
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Some years back someone took test equipment to the dumpsite and concluded from tests that the methane gas yield from the dumpsite was insufficient to support a power plant since the garbage was not sorted. Both organic and inorganic waste are mixed together hence the low yield. It is the organic waste that decomposes to release methane gas. It was proposed that a solid waste master plan that encourages garbage sorting is implemented to give the project any viability.

This project should be implemented as a private enterprise with the owner taking all the risk.

There are two ways to produce electricity from waste.

1. Incinerate the organic waste to produce heat energy to boil water and the resultant steam used drive turbines. This assumes the waste is combustible. E.g waste from sugar, wood or paper mills. This assumes the waste is combustible.
   
2. Generate a combustible fuel from the waste material. For example decomposition of waste to produce biogas (mostly methane) which can be used as a fuel
   

If they go for option 1 of incineration the methane production does not matter. But looking at Dandora landfill most of the waste looks domestic and market waste. Most likely the waste would require a lot of heat energy just to start the combustion process. Also from the pungent smell at the dump, I think methane production is best. With incineration you have to contend with toxic emissions.

You are right on the separation part,whichever method they opt for, the waste must be separated or sorted beforehand.

PERSONAL PROJECTION KENGEN DIVIDEND
2019 & 2020 AFTER AG AUDIT

1. Best Case Scenerio
2019 payout:- 0.40 per share
2020 payout:- NIL


2. Worst Case Scenerio
2019 payout:- Nil
2020 payout:- Nil


Note:- I am KENGEN shareholder.
Events will unfold in Oct after audit

Very valid points you have raised. It is important to note that there are many technologies for converting waste to energy. It makes sense to incinerate the existing garbage and later switch to a more environmental friendly sustainable technology.

You can find an evaluation study here.

Rebecca Miana reappointed as MD for another three years

AGM to be held on 22 October.
Dividend to be paid on or about 17 December 2020

This implies that 2019/2020 dividends is very unlikely due to covid irrespective of salutary HY 2020 results earlier released.


https://citizentv.co.ke/...llion-dividends-343895/

Consumers pay the price as Covid electricity cuts hit Turkana project

Kenya Power has rationed the amount of electricity it can take from producers, citing a slump in demand resulting from months of economic lockdown on account of the Covid-19 pandemic.
LTWP has been allocated a maximum production quota of 210MW, against an installed capacity of 310MW.

Kenya Power has prioritised the uptake of geothermal at 39.5 per cent, hydro at 33.9 per cent, wind at 14 per cent, diesel at 9.7 per cent with other sources like solar, imports from Uganda and co-generation accounting for about three per cent.

Main beneficiary

This arrangement has meant that Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), which is the sole producer of geothermal and hydro, is the main beneficiary.

The impact of Covid-19 has resulted in peak demand declining to an average of 1,760 MW. As such, Kenya Power is limiting the amount of electricity it is buying from each producer.

Data from the national control centre shows that over the past two weeks, consumption has averaged 1,765 MW against a projected demand of 1,930 MW.

https://www.theeastafric...-turkana-project-1939124

Djibouti with renewable energy potential of 300MW,only relies on 126Mw of thermal energy of which only 57MW is available for use by the 940000 population.
Owing to the high cost of power 0.28usd/kwh Djibouti Office for Geothermal Development(ODDEG) has completed negotiations with KENGEN to spearhead the geothermal energy move in the Galla Le Kome field.