Kenya Blackout Aug 2023
- country Kenya
- region Nairobi
- categories No content
- impacts System blackouts
- start 25 August 2023 at 03:08:00 Africa/Nairobi
- end 26 August 2023 at 05:08:00 Africa/Nairobi
- duration 1 day 2 hours
- primary cause Under investigation
- secondary causes No content
- load lost No content
- number of customers affected No content
- end of disturbance criteria No content
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News reports suggest the cause was the 310 MW Lake Turkana wind farm tripping due to overvoltages on the transmission grid. The wind farm was providing 270MW/15% of the country's 1856 MW of load at the time.