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President Uhuru Kenyatta last week broke ground for the construction of the Olkaria V power project which will produce 158 MW of electricity. The President at the same time commissioned 14 … Read More
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), together with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd. (MHPS) and H Young & Co. (E.A.) Ltd. (HY), has been awarded a full turnkey contract by Kenya Electricity Generating … Read More
At next week’s SPE/AAPG Africa Energy and Technology Conference (AETC), representatives of IOCs, NOCs, governments, academia, technology and service providers will come together to explore the challenges faced and solutions … Read More
The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has made a Kshs. 1.6 Billion profit after tax in the year ended June 2015 turning a corner from lossmaking the previous year according to … Read More
Today, during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency launched its largest single investment in Kenya’s power sector to date at a ceremony witnessed by the Deputy … Read More
In a colourful glitzy ceremony to recognize individuals and corporates that have made significant contributions in the energy sector worldwide, Kenya has scooped six out of the seven awards in the Sub-Saharan … Read More
Kenya’s renewable energy development has received a major boost after the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French Development Agency (AFD) underpinning funding … Read More
The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) on Thursday last week inaugurated the 140MW Olkaria 1 power plant, the last phase of the 280 MW of Olkaria geothermal power the world’s largest such … Read More
Olkaria OW-921 is one of the five biggest geothermal wells in the world Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has successfully drilled one of the biggest geothermal wells in the world, … Read More
KenGen has recorded significant steam finds in Olkaria, putting the company in a prime position to begin the next phase of capacity enhancement projects which are largely based on geothermal … Read More
