Thursday, February 18, 2016

Kenya: Six Experts Sought to Advise KenGen Geothermal Development

KenGen seeks geothermal consultants to rev up steam (Daily Nation)

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has announced a plan to set up a geothermal board of consultants as it seeks to step up power production from the resources.

The state owned company Thursday begun the recruitment exercise of the six consultants, four foreign and two local.

The experts will advise KenGen’s management on geothermal development activities and power plants operations annually, subject to yearly renewal for a period of four years.

“Two of the six experts must be local experts. One local expert will be specialized in geothermal drilling while the other will be specialized in geothermal field exploration and development,” reads an expression of interest notice published by KenGen.

The Tender, #KGN-GDD-002-2016, Expression of Interest (EOI) For Recruitment of Members of Kengen’s Geothermal Board of Consultants is available on the KenGen/Tenders webpage. The deadline for submission is March 8.