Thursday, September 6, 2018

Kenya: Kengen Continues with Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant Expansion

KenGen To Use 280 MW Savings To Develop An Additional 83 MW Geothermal Power Plant In Olkaria (News Release)

The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) PLC. has completed plans for extension of the existing Olkaria I units 4 & 5 geothermal power plants and has now engaged Marubeni Corporation to implement unit 6 with an installed capacity of 83 MW.

The project will be financed through the balance of funds saved from the completed Olkaria 280 MW geothermal project under the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) facility.