Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) has signed a Shillings 24.2bn ($US 239m) contract with China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Company (CET) for the electrification of the Mombasa - Nairobi section of Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).
Ketraco says power for the SGR will be provided by geothermal plants, reducing CO2 emissions from train operations to zero.
