International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 2

Contribution of 5.1 MW Ngong Wind Farm to Reduction of CO2 Emissions in the Power Generation Activity in Kenya

  • Author:
  • J. K Mwangi, J.N. Kamau1, R Kinyua2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 83 to 85

1Department of Physics, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja, Kenya

2Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja, Kenya

*Corresponding author: John Keru Mwangi, kerulily@yahoo.com

Online published on 17 April, 2017.

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the contribution of 5.1MW Ngong wind farm to reduction of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions in the power generation activity in Kenya. In this study six (6) years of data was collected and Tier 1 approach of 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was applied to derive the average monthly emissions. Plant utilization factor was used to adjust for penetration of each of the fossil thermal generation technology. Analysis of the data showed that on average 0.702 Metric Tonnes of CO2 was avoided for every MWh of wind power generated.

Keywords

CO2 Emissions, Wind generation, Fossil thermal generation, Fuel consumption, Plant emission factor, Plant availability