Kenya's Maasai people have long been aware of the awesome power of the earth in the area around Hell's Gate National Park. And now the region is experiencing interest from much further afield - in fact it is considered to be one of the most exciting geothermal areas on the planet.
According to Kenya's electricity generating utility KenGen, geothermal power has now overtaken hydropower as the country's top energy source.
The Kenyan government has made increasing power production one of its highest priorities.
KenGen has drilled 137 geothermal wells since 2007 and eight rigs are in operation at the Olkaria steam fields. The utility has ordered two sets of 80 MW steam turbines from Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), a joint venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi, which are due to go online in 2019.
MHPS has already supplied six sets of turbines for the Olkaria I and II geothermal power plants with a total output of 150 MW.
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Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems will be exhibiting at the GRC Annual Meeting & GEA GeoExpo+ from October 1-4 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.