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| Harmony with Nature by Abraham Sam Samuel taken at Olkaria |
Funded by the World Bank, the project was undertaken by a Chinese company Sinopec. Beginning in April 2012 the work entailed installation of a pipeline system to collect steam from various wells, steam separators as well as steam field control system. The total piping system installation is 40 kilometers and includes various pipe sizes of up to 42 inches radius.
“The work of steam field development is complete, pipes have been laid and also fixed to the power station,” said the Senior Communications Officer for Kengen, Kaara Wainaina. The project had been predicted to take up to 20 months but has taken a slightly lesser time than that.
The project, will build four additional geothermal power stations with a capacity of 70 MWe each at two powerplants, Olkaria I and Olkaria IV.
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