Kenya plans to float a tender by early next year to build a liquefied natural
gas terminal at its Mombasa port city as it pushes to diversify its sources of
electricity to meet rising demand, a senior energy official said on Tuesday.
Chronic power blackouts and higher electricity bills in Kenya are fuelling
discontent as they push up living costs and cast doubts on the government's
ability to fully implement its long-term economic vision. The government says the country has installed power supply capacity of 1,460
MW, against a consumption of about 1,300 MW, leading to shortfalls when factors
such as reserve margins are included. It aims to raise this to over 21,000 MW by 2030 by developing a mix of plants
powered by hydro, wind, geothermal, coal and nuclear.
read on: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/04/kenya-energy-idUSL5E7L415B20111004
Liquefied Natural Gas
Liquefying natural gas reduces the fuel’s volume by 600 times, enabling it to be shipped economically from distant producing countries. Converting natural gas to LNG (liquefied natural gas) is accomplished by refrigerating natural gas to -162.2°C ( -260° F). As a liquid, the gas is shipped in double-hulled vessels to far away terminals, where it is re-gasified and moved into existing pipelines and storage facilities. Countries supplying LNG include Trinidad/Tobago, Algeria, Malaysia, Nigeria, Qatar and Oman.
source:
http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/about/energy/energyissues/pages/lng.aspx
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