Investing in Africa’s largest wind project

We’ve come a long way since we first started investing in renewable energy, committing more than $2 billion to 22 clean energy projects, and broadening our portfolio to include new regions like Africa. Since investing in the continent’s largest solar project, we’ve continued to see a big opportunity in fast-growing markets with rich renewable energy resources, where both the need and the potential are great. In fact, many countries are turning to renewables to help connect the nearly two-thirds of Africans that don’t have power today.

Today, we’re committing to invest in the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in Northern Kenya, our second clean energy investment in Africa. When complete, Lake Turkana will bring 310 megawatts of clean energy onto Kenya’s grid—enough to power more than two million households across the country. Lake Turkana will help bring much needed capacity and stability to Kenya’s energy supply, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and emergency diesel generation while providing some of the most cost effective power in the country.

Google will join a diverse group of international investors in Lake Turkana, including the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the U.S. government’s development finance institution, and Vestas, which is also supplying the turbines for the wind farm. We will purchase Vestas’ 12.5% stake in Lake Turkana once it comes online, becoming the first U.S. private investor to support the project.

Lake Turkana will use wind turbines like these, supplied by Vestas (photo courtesy of Vestas)

Kenya ranks among the world’s fastest-growing economies and has goals of universal energy access and increasing capacity of the grid by 5GW by the end of the decade. Lake Turkana can help meet these goals. It offers one of the best wind resources in the world in terms of speed and consistency, and once operational, will deliver capacity equivalent to about 15% of Kenya’s current grid. It will also spur additional energy development in the region through a 266 mile transmission line that is being constructed to support the project. This transmission line will act as a backbone for the Kenyan grid and enable further geothermal capacity to be developed in the country’s Rift Valley.

As an investor in both the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind farm projects in Africa, we are as optimistic as ever about the potential for these investments to accelerate progress toward a future of clean energy. These efforts not only make business sense, they can help accelerate the deployment of renewable energy globally— including in emerging markets like Kenya, where there is an opportunity to have a transformative impact on the energy grid.

Posted by Rick Needham, Energy & Sustainability Director


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Investir dans le plus grand projet éolien d’Afrique

Nous avons parcouru beaucoup de chemin depuis notre premier investissement dans les énergies renouvelables, avec plus de 2 milliards de dollars investis dans 22 projets d'énergie propre et un portefeuille qui s'étend vers de nouvelles régions du monde telles que l'Afrique. Depuis que nous nous sommes engagés dans le plus vaste projet solaire du continent, nous restons persuadés que les économies en plein essor à fortes ressources en énergie renouvelable, représentent une formidable opportunité, parce que leurs besoins et leur potentiel sont immenses. En fait, de nombreux pays se tournent vers les énergies renouvelables pour essayer de raccorder pas moins des deux-tiers des africains qui n'ont pas accès à l'électricité aujourd'hui.

Aujourd'hui, nous nous engageons dans le projet éolien Lake Turkana Wind Power Project au nord du Kenya, notre deuxième projet d'investissement en énergie propre en Afrique. Une fois terminé, le projet Lake Turkana générera 310 mégawatts d'énergie propre au réseau kenyan, suffisamment pour alimenter en électricité plus de deux millions de foyers à travers le pays. Le projet de Lake Turkana contribuera à apporter la stabilité et la capacité en approvisionnement énergétique dont le Kenya a tant besoin, réduisant du même coup la dépendance aux énergies fossiles et le recours aux groupes électrogènes tout en produisant l'électricité la plus rentable du pays.

Pour ce faire, Google se joindra à un groupe d'investisseurs internationaux engagés dans le projet Lake Turkana, dont l'OPIC (Overseas Private Investment Corporation), l'institution financière de développement du gouvernement américain, et Vestas, qui fournit également les turbines du parc éolien. Lorsque le projet sera opérationnel, nous rachèterons les 12,5% de part de Vestas dans le projet Lake Turkana, et deviendrons de fait le premier investisseur privé américain impliqué dans le projet.

Le Kenya, qui fait partie des économies qui affichent le plus fort essor dans le monde, s'est donné un double objectif : disposer d'un accès universel à l'énergie et augmenter la capacité de son réseau de 5 gigawatts d'ici à la fin de la décennie. Le projet Lake Turkana peut l'y aider. En effet, le projet apporte l'une des meilleures ressources éoliennes au monde en termes de rapidité et de régularité et fournira, une fois opérationnel, une capacité équivalente à environ 15 % du réseau kenyan actuel. Ce projet, qui suppose la construction d'une ligne de transmission de 428 km, devrait également enclencher une dynamique de développement énergétique dans la région : la ligne de transmission servira d'épine dorsale au réseau kenyan et permettra de développer la capacité géothermique dans la vallée du Rift du pays

En tant qu'investisseur dans les plus grands projets solaires photovoltaïques (PV) et éoliens d'Afrique, nous sommes plus optimistes que jamais quant au potentiel de ces investissements à accélérer le progrès vers un avenir énergétique propre. Ces efforts ne constituent pas seulement une opération commerciale rentable, ils ont aussi pour vocation d'accélérer le déploiement des énergies renouvelables à travers le monde, notamment dans les économies émergentes telles que le Kenya, où ces projets peuvent avoir un fort impact en termes de transformation du réseau énergétique.

Publié par Rick Needham, Directeur, Énergie et Développement durable

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