County Commissioner Erastus Mbui Mwenda says Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (KETRACO) and Geothermal Development Company (GDC) have already constructed power transmission lines that will link the station to the national grid.
Three Independent Power Producers (IPPS) have been cleared by the Geothermal Development Company and granted licenses by the State to start operations at the Menengai Crater Floor in Nakuru.
Sosian Menengai, Quantam Power East Africa and OrPower22 are expected to set up power plants under a build–own–operate model, giving hope for cheap electrical power in the country.
General Manager, Geothermal Development Resources at GDC Cornel Ofuna says the firm had commenced the second phase of drilling wells at the Menengai Crater floor targeting an addition 60 Megawatts. He says 85 per cent of works on a 25km long pipeline which is expected to carry 170MW of steam to be used by the power plants in producing electricity is complete and that the first phase has cost the taxpayer Ksh 70 billion.
