Africa's largest windfarm set to connect remote Kenya to the grid

Lake Turkana's fierce winds have plagued villagers for generations, now they have inspired plans for Kenya's most ambitious infrastructure project in 50 years - a 310MW windfarm, that they said was an impossible dream

With its spectacular jade waters ringed by ochre red volcanic hills, Lake Turkana, a desert lake in Kenya's rugged northerly corner provided a wonderful spot for Dutchman Willem Dolleman's annual fishing expeditions in his adopted homeland.

But Dolleman's trips were always ruined by the difficulty of finding somewhere to stay in a vastly underdeveloped area where tour lodges are located hundreds of miles apart.