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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Kenya: New Power Line Connects Western Kenya to Cheap Geothermal Power from Olkaria

Kenya Power to link western region to geothermal (Standard Media)

Kenya Power will construct an 85-kilometre power line between Narok and Bomet to connect western Kenya to cheap power produced at the Olkaria geothermal fields.

Kenya Power said yesterday the Bomet line would complete a redundancy ring and ensure that western Kenya has access to more stable power. Currently, power utilities rely on costly thermal power plants and imports from Uganda to power the region.

Kenya Power general manager in charge of infrastructure development and network management, David Mwaniki. said there was a lot of cheap power at Olkaria, but the company could not transmit it to western Kenya due to lack of infrastructure.

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