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 dreamWith its spectacular jade waters ringed by ochre red volcanic hills, or Lake Turkana,a desert lake in Kenya’s rugged northerly corner if a wonderful spot for Dutchman Willem Dolleman’s annual fishing expeditions in his adopted homeland.
But Dollemans 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.
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Source: theguardian.com