The Menengai geothermal plant will be operational by 2016, Geothermal Development Corporation (GDC) said on Thursday.
GDC CEO Silas Simiyu told journalists in Nairobi that African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided 143 million U.S. dollars loan and 17.2 million dollars grant for the development of steam field located at the Menengai geothermal field 180 km northwest of Nairobi in order to supply steam to the power plants.
"The 400 MW geothermal plant which will be developed through Private Public Partnership should be connected to the power grid by 2016," Simiyu said during the launch of the Menengai Geothermal project aimed at developing steam fields so that the investors can more easily harness Kenya’s vast geothermal potential estimated at over 7,000 MW.
