Burhani Engineers to Deliver Loiyangalani – Suswa Tower Erection

Burhani Engineers (BEL), has reiterated its commitment to deliver the KETRACO’s 428 km 400 kilovolt (kV) high voltage Loiyangalani – Suswa Transmission Line.

BEL is confident that by April it will have delivered a quality project of the remaining transmission towers erection section well on time.

The project involves assembling of the transmission tower sections at the bases, lifting of the sections and bolting to make a full tower. In total, they will be 182.

The Chief Executive Officer of Burhani Engineers Zoher Pirbhai noted that the company will have delivered the project before time.

“This is in line with our core corporate values to consistently provide innogrative solutions that deliver value and create a positive impact on our people, customers and markets partners,” added Zoher Pirbhai.

The construction of the 428 km 400 kilovolt (kV) high voltage Loiyangalani – Suswa transmission line is expected to be completed in August 2018 since its commencement in November 2010.

On completion, the 428 km 400 kilovolt (kV) transmission will transport the green power generated by the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) project to the national grid at Suswa (near Longonot), via Baragoi, South Horr, Marti, Morijo, Longewan, Rumuruti and Olkalau.

The transmission line will be accessed from the South Horr, Baragoi, Malaral, Rumuruti, Nyahururu, Gilgil and Narok main road.

Further, the power transmission substation at the Loiyangalani project site and terminal substation at Suswa will connect to Olkaria for grid-feed in.

The line will serve as a major backbone of Kenya’s transmission system allowing the 300MW LTWP plant and future geothermal power plants to deliver low cost, renewable power to the nation.

BEL was contracted by KETRACO for the completion of a 7km section of the 400 Kilovolts’ line.

This is part of BEL’s strategy to provide clients with optimal innogrative electrical solutions spanning integrated disciplines through its EPC electrical and instrumentation engineering  portfolio that has increased from low and high voltage electrical works and civil fitouts in the public and private sector

In the past, BEL has worked to deliver power transmission projects for KETRACO through the Spanish firm Isolux Ingenieria SA in the erection of transmission towers and the stringing of a 60km stretch. The works have been delivered in an efficient, timely and cost-effective way.