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Geothermal
Economic Responsibility
Solar Records Steepest Price Drop Among Renewables
Solar energy costs have dropped by the steepest margin in the last 10 years among renewable sources, even as hydropower recorded an uptick.
The price...
Environmental Responsibility
Exclusive: Inside Kenya’s 95pc Green Energy Mix
Kenya is among a handful of nations worldwide generating and consuming electricity almost completely from renewable sources.
Geothermal is serving as Kenya’s baseload while hydropower...
Economic Responsibility
KenGen Partners With Private Investors To Develop Geothermal Energy
Government-owned power producer KenGen is for the first time teaming up with private investors to develop power plants, starting with a 140MW geothermal facility.
The...
Social Responsibility
Alternative Power Supply Keeps Nairobi Lights On
Until August 2017, Kenya’s capital Nairobi relied on a single overburdened transmission line for geothermal power supply from the steam fields of Rift Valley.
Even...
Social Responsibility
Kenya’s Geothermal Agency Picks New Boss
The board of Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has picked Jared Othieno as the new managing director.
Engineer Othieno takes over from the outgoing boss Johnson...
Economic Responsibility
Spotlight On Africa’s Two Percent Share Of Global Green Energy
Africa accounts for a paltry 1.9 percent of the global share of developed renewable energy capacity, casting a light on the continent’s vastly untapped...
Environmental Responsibility
A Peek Into Kenya’s New Steam Power Plant
The story of Kenya’s latest geothermal power
plant to go live, Olkaria V, goes back to January 2017 when construction works
took off.
From the barren, rugged...
Economic Responsibility
Geothermal At The Wheel In KenGen’s Growth Drive
Geothermal
cemented its top spot among the energy mix generated by Kenya’s largest power
producer KenGen, raking in Sh9.3 billion ($90.3 million) in the first half-year
to...