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All set for first power plant at Menengai geothermal fields

Geothermal Development Corporation rig at Menengai Crater in Nakuru which is set to produce affordable power. [File, Standard]

UK firm Globeleq is set to start construction of a power plant at the Menengai geothermal fields, ending the long wait for electricity production from the area.

Construction of the 35 megawatt (MW) plant, which is projected to cost Sh13.39 billion ($108 million), is expected to start by next month and be completed by 2025.

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