Baringo geothermal project gets Sh1.3 billion funding boost

A steam well at Menegai Crater in Nakuru County. The geothermal resource is largly under-exploited in the country despite its potential in adding to the national energy mix. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has received a major boost in its efforts to upscale the exploitation of geothermal resources in the country.

This after the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF) approved a Sh1.3 billion grant to GDC to facilitate the drilling of six geothermal wells and support the development of key infrastructural works at the Baringo-Silali Geothermal Project.