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Cheap power in sight as Kenya doubles geothermal generation

KenGen has been doing an upgrade of its Olkaria 1 and 4 plants, with each having an additional capacity of 140MW. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

By MACHARIA KAMAU

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya will more than double the amount of electricity produced at the vast geothermal fields in Olkaria this year. Power producer KenGen is set to commission additional capacity from two existing power generation plants with a combined capacity of 280 megawatts.

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