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Contractors assemble steel for the construction of Olkaria V Geothermal power plant in Naivasha. [Photo: Reuters]
NAIROBI- Kenya has started building a geothermal power plant to add 83 megawatts (MW) of capacity to the national grid, the state-owned power generation utility said on Tuesday.
Geothermal power is Kenya’s second largest source of electricity after hydroelectric power. The country has total installed power capacity of about 2,336 MW.
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