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| Olkaria II flow test 2, by Patrick Walsh. Active flow test during construction of the 4th addition to Ormat's Olkaria III complex in Kenya. Taken in November 2015. GRC Photo Contest 2016. |
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has assured it is on course to add 158 MW from Olkaria V geothermal power plant next year as originally planned.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Rebecca Miano who spoke during a tour of the Olkaria V project site in Naivasha disclosed that manufacturing of Olkaria V equipment abroad, mainly in Japan and Germany, is on schedule with several equipment already tested in readiness for shipment to Kenya.
Miano said all earth-works at the site are complete and the main activity in progress is subsurface ground stabilisation to create a strong foundation. The next site activity will be the construction of concrete foundations for erecting the powerhouse and mounting the generation equipment.