Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer
KenGen is now seeking to invest more on geothermal power against the country’s main hydro power. It has embarked on a feasibility study to identify the amount of geothermal energy in the vast Olkaria area in Naivasha. This comes after a study conducted in Menengai geothermal field in Nakuru indicated that the area has a capacity of 1,600MW.
Currently, 75 per cent of the country’s powered generated is from hydro. It is however unreliable and unpredictable and thus KenGen is seeking to invest in other sources of energy with geothermal as the most immediate choice.
The company has embarked on geothermal exploration to meet the high demand of energy in the country. It intends to raise green energy from the current eleven to forty-nine per cent by the year 2018.Inline with this goal, the company has eight rigs in the geothermal rich area in a bid to harness more power.
The power producer has signed a steam field development contract with Synopec International of China worth Ksh 11.6 billion. Other contracts on the 280 MW geothermal project are power plant construction being undertaken by a consortium of Hyundai of Korea and Tshusho of Japan, transmission lines and sub stations being constructed by KEC of India and the overall project management being carried out by Sinclair Mertz of Australia.
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