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Geothermal power plant revamp to add 20MW

Olkaria IV Geothermal Power Station. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has started rehabilitating the Olkaria I geothermal power plant in Naivasha with plans to increase the power supply by an extra 20 megawatts (MW).

Under the two-year programme, total power production from the plant will increase to 63MW from the current 45MW using the same amount of steam.

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