There are already large wind farms in Egypt and Morocco, while Ethiopia, Tanzania and South Africa have all announced plans to generate large amounts of electricity from wind. 

But these projects are not without difficulty. Transporting the 365 turbines to the remote location of the Turkana project and constructing substations and a transmission line to connect the farm to the national grid will be challenging.

The plans could be a short-term solution. "Ultimately for Africa, solar is the answer, although [costs mean] we may still be decades away," says Herman Oelsner, president of the African Wind Energy Association.

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