Kenya: Ketraco completes Suswa substation


Issue 433 - 25 Feb 2021 | 1 minute read

 Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) has completed the $230m Suswa substation, a key component of the Ethiopia-Kenya interconnector project which will allow Kenya to import cheaper hydropower from Ethiopia via a 1,045km, 500kV HVDC transmission line from Wolayta Sodo in Ethiopia to Suswa.

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