Monday, January 14, 2013

Kenya:

New Rift Valley Steam Wells Start Drilling in April (Business Daily)
Geothermal Sites in Kenya
(Courtesy GDC)

Seven geothermal wells will be drilled in the Bogoria/Silali area as the government diversifies into new fields outside the traditional Menengai and Olkaria zones.

Geothermal Development Company (GDC) says it has received $400 million (about Sh34 billion), $300 million of it from US Exim Bank and $100 million from KfW, a German development bank, for the project.

Work on the seven fields of Bogoria, Azuri, Baringo, Korosi, Silali, Lipaka and Chepchuk will start in April, bringing to 20 the number of wells drilled and planned in the country.

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