肯尼亚开启非洲第一个绿色肥料厂, 减少排放和进口依赖。 Kenya opens Africa’s first green fertiliser plant, cutting emissions and import reliance.

肯尼亚在纳库鲁县Olkaria启动了一个8亿美元的绿色化肥厂,由165兆瓦地热能发电,每年生产480 000吨化肥,这是非洲第一个此类设施。 Kenya launched an $800 million green fertiliser plant in Olkaria, Nakuru County, powered by 165MW of geothermal energy, producing 480,000 tonnes of fertiliser annually—Africa’s first such facility. 该项目是中国Kaishan集团和KenGen的合资企业,旨在减少对昂贵进口品的依赖,2023年这些进口品超过600 000吨,2025年初接近443 000吨。 The project, a joint venture between China’s Kaishan Group and KenGen, aims to reduce reliance on costly imports, which exceeded 600,000 tonnes in 2023 and nearly 443,000 tonnes in early 2025. 预计每年将减少600 000吨二氧化碳排放量,创造2 000多个就业机会,并为KenGen公司创造1 300多万美元的年利润。 It is expected to cut over 600,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions yearly, create over 2,000 jobs, and generate more than $13 million in annual profits for KenGen. 总统鲁托(William Ruto)认为这是粮食安全、绿色工业化和投资者信心方面的一个里程碑,敦促支持新的国家基金,以便通过私人伙伴关系为基础设施融资。 President William Ruto hailed it as a milestone in food security, green industrialization, and investor confidence, urging support for new national funds to finance infrastructure through private partnerships.