Kenya:

KenGen Fears Declining Steam Could Affect Power Production (The Standard Digital News)

Kenyan power producer KenGen has raised concerns over the declining levels of steam production. This has raised fears that the low levels could negatively impact on the geothermal power production in the country.

Acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Simon Ngure noted that the country is staring at a two per cent drop in steam production annually.

He also called for increased investments in the drilling of more wells. “We are facing a two per cent decline in steam production every year. This means we need to drill fresh wells,” Eng Ngure told a parliamentary Public Investment Committee last week. He said 12 new wells — both production and re-injection wells — are to be drilled each year to sustain the drive for geothermal energy in the country.

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