Kennedy Senelwa
3 September 2008
Nairobi — The Government will commission a study on the viability of building Liquefied Natural Gas facilities so as to diversify Kenya's electricity generation sources.
The Ministry of Energy also said the study's aim is to identify various viable methods of meeting additional thermal power demand with natural gas as one of the options.
Consultants are required to bid by September 12, 2008 for the study to be financed with proceeds from the US$153 million Energy Sector Recovery Project which is funded by the World Bank and other donors.
Energy Permanent Secretary Patrick Nyoike said the successful consultant selected to undertake the study will assess natural gas demand for power generation, industry and other end-users for the next 20 years.
"Services will include identifying suitable sites and requirements for natural gas receiving, storage and distribution terminals and carrying out engineering designs," he said in a document issued to bidders.
The document, obtained by the Nation, requires consultants to have carried out at least one such assignment in the last five years as well as having knowledge on the procurement rules of international funding agencies.
A consultant will be selected in accordance with procedures set out in the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (revised October 2006).
Mr Nyoike said the supply structure of shipping, re-gasification, transport and distribution will be assessed by the consultant with infrastructure requirements of natural gas taking into account the potential market demand.
He said it covers the preliminary environmental and social impact study besides economic and financial evaluation.
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