Kenya: Contract to Build Geothermal Wellhead Generation Plant at Olkaria

Chinese firm gets Sh9.45b geothermal contract (Standard Media)

Olkaria II flow test 2. by Patrick Walsh. Active flow test during construction of the 4th addition to Ormat's Olkaria III complex in Kenya.  Taken in November 2015. GRC Photo Contest 2016.

KenGen has awarded a consortium led by a Chinese firm a Sh9.4 billion contract to build a geothermal power plant at Olkaria in Naivasha.

Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group announced that it bid to construct a modular power plant on one of the wells that has been drilled but has yet to start supplying steam to any power plant.

It bid for the job in a joint venture that included local contractors H Young. The project entails the installation of wellhead generators which use steam to generate electricity.

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