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Cheap power in sight as KenGen boosts geothermal generation

The move by KenGen is the latest in the country's ambition to have 5,000 MW of installed capacity over the next two years with the bulk of it coming from geothermal sources.

Kenyans could soon pay less for electricity as the country begins the process of setting up an additional 210 megawatt of geothermal energy.

The State-owned Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) yesterday invited bids for the design and construction of two geothermal power plants with a combined capacity of 210 MW area in the Rift Valley region.

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