Monday, July 23, 2012

Kenya launches Africa's largest geothermal project

The Olkaria II 70MW geothermal power plant in Kenya. PHOTO/File

The Energy Generating Company in Kenya (KenGen) is expected to officially launch the construction of the largest geothermal power project in Africa on Monday.

The US$ 1.3 billion project for the development of 280 megawatts of geothermal power in Olkaria, Naivasha, about 100 km northwest of Nairobi, will be officially launched on Monday by the country's president Mwai Kibaki.

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