Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has announced that their Phase 5 of the Olkaria project has been ‘synchronized’ to the national grid as per Friday 26th July. Apparently, Olkaria V unit 1 was able to reach a full load of 86.6MW which fortunately was above its rate capacity of 82.7MW.
KenGen is now working on Olkaria V Unit 2 with a similar rated capacity as the unit 1 which combined is expected to generate a total of 165.4MW. Previously, the geothermal energy contribution to the national grid was 533MW and when Olkaria V is complete, that will rise to 698MW. Olkaria V Unit 2 is undergoing pre-commissioning tests in preparation for steam admission according to the company.
