Devki Steel Mills, owned by billionaire Narendra Raval, has applied for a license to generate electricity essentially adding to the number of companies pursuing independent power generation.
Should the license be granted, the company will be enlisted among the services of independent power producers to feed electricity to the national grid.
As part of its diversification process, Devki is setting up a 60-megawatt wind power plant in Kwale County.
Raval, while speaking to the press, affirmed that their location is ideal for converting wind into a source for the production of electricity using a low-wind turbine.
"The proposed project is to be located at Kinango in Kwale County.
"Conditions in the area favour the production of electricity from wind using a low-wind turbine,” Raval stated.
The billionaire added that the wind power plant would be built by installing 38 wind turbines complete with all the requisite features.
Once constructed, the farm will be the fourth major power plant after Kipeto Wind in Kajiado county (which produces 100 megawatts), lake Turkana Wind Power plant (which produces 310 megawatts) and KenGen's Ngong wind plant which produces 26.1 megawatts.
Through venturing into the power sector, Devki will be seeking to join a list of other independent producers who sell power to KPLC.
His company, Devki Steel Mills, majorly deals with the production of steel, fertiliser and roofing sheets.
Currently, Kenya Power purchases most of its electricity from the state-owned, Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen).
Other companies that sell power to KPLC include BTE renewables, Kwale International Sugar Company and Ol Ndanyat wind project owned by Stima Investment Cooperative society.
