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KenGen to ramp up geothermal output with plants' upgrade

Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant in Naivasha. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

KenGen is embarking on the rehabilitation of several of its geothermal power plants in a process that is expected to increase the electricity generating capacity of its plants in the Olkaria fields by 20 per cent.

The firm's fleet of geothermal power plants has an installed capacity of 799 megawatts (MW), which the firm now plans to increase to 1,000MW in the coming years by revamping the old power plants.

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