Brief: SURVEY

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING-JKUT

Ketraco’s 400/220kV Suswa switching and converter substation is located approximately 80km, North West of Nairobi, alo
substation is the largest substation in Kenya and is regarded as a strategic national asset since it serves as an entry and exc
generation into the national grid for power originating from different generator locations including; the Olkaria geotherma
Ethiopian Hydros.

The following transmission projects inter -connect at the Suswa substation.

# Line Link Transmission

Eastern Electricity Highway Wolayta/Sodo substation –
1 HVDC, 500KV, 2000MW
Project Suswa Substation
Loiyangalani Substation
400kV 430km double circuit
2 Turkana – Suswa AC, 400KV, 300MW
Loiyangalani – Suswa
Substation
Three 220kV double circuit
3 Olkaria – Suswa Substation AC, 220KV, 500 MW
lines
Suswa Substation – Isinya
4 400kV Isinya – Suswa line, AC, 400KV, 1000MW
Substation
220kV double circuit
5 Olkaria – Suswa Substation AC, 400KV, 500MW
Olkaria IV – Nairobi North,

Suswa substation, together with associated transmission projects will form the backbone of the Kenya National Grid by in
80km, North West of Nairobi, along the Maai Mahiu-Narok highway. The
since it serves as an entry and exchange point for geothermal, wind and hydro-
including; the Olkaria geothermal complex, Turkana wind power, and the

Length
1,045 Km line (433 km in Ethiopia and 612
km in Kenya)

428 Km

25 Km

90 Km

100 Km

e of the Kenya National Grid by interconnecting the Western, Coastal and the