KenGen intends to build Olkaria VII, the company’s seventh geothermal plant. This follows the recent commissioning of its 86 MW Olkaria I-additional unit six geothermal power plant.
The NSE-listed company stated it was looking for consulting services for the Olkaria VII geothermal power project feasibility study in a tender bid document on Tuesday, October 18 2022.
With the construction of the new plant, KenGen’s total installed energy capacity increased to 1904 MW, with a current geothermal capacity of 799 MW.
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The construction of the KenGen Energy Park in Olkaria Naivasha is one of KenGen’s current projects that will give commercial, industrial and recreational enterprises access to cheaper geothermal electricity and steam.
KenGen’s installed generation capacity, which amounts to about 86% of its total energy, comes from green sources. This includes 799MW from geothermal sources, wind 26MW and hydro 826MW.
About 60% of the nation’s electricity is generated by Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen), which has a 799 Megawatts (MW) capacity for geothermal power generation, including the Olkaria geothermal plants. KenGen previously signed a memorandum of understanding with Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, to provide operation and maintenance (O&M) services for geothermal facilities in East African developing nations.
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation provided 4 sets of 70MW steam turbines and generators for the Olkaria I and IV Geothermal Power Plants (Toshiba ESS).
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60 geothermal power generation sets totalling approximately 3,790 MW have been delivered by Toshiba ESS to countries all over the world, including Africa. It also provided KenGen’s Olkaria I and IV Geothermal Power Plants with 4 sets of 70 MW steam turbines and generators.
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