Kenya:

Opinion: Why Geothermal Power Would Work for Kenya (Soko Directory)

"Man Made Rainbow" - Sam Abraham.
Well flow test. Menengai, Kenya.

Albert Mugo KenGen MD, has repeatedly declared in several speeches that geothermal is the choice for speeding generation capacity. It only costs US7c/KWh compared with diesel generation that costs 22c.

Kenya’s over-reliance on hydro-power since independence has been hurt by lack of sufficient rains, which over the years have decreased hydro power output.

To meet the growing demand for power in line with the projected power needs under the Vision 2030, In June 2014,the government was forced to not only use the expensive diesel generated power, but to also deploy emergency power which is four times more expensive (KES 35/kwh) than the average bulk power price at KES 10/kwh .

Geothermal has helped reduce the cost of power generation by 57 billion annually. The solution lies in total replacement of the diesel power generation to thermal generation sources.

According to last year’s data, diesel generation has been coming down while being replaced by Geothermal. But overall cost of power needs to reduce by the 50% benchmark that President Kenyatta pledged and Kenyans are demanding. Geothermal activity in Kenya is abundant, making it good to develop more geothermal power here.

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