Press Release NAIROBI, KENYA, Thursday June 25th, 2020: Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has commenced construction of its first-ever Liquid Drilling Detergent Manufacturing Factory, at an estimated investment cost of…
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Kenya has allocated $93 million (Sh9.3 billion) for development of geothermal energy in the 2020/21 financial year starting next month. Treasury minister Ukur Yatani announced the allocation in his budget…
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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 company has shortlisted bidders to…
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Power producer KenGen has secured funds to raise Masinga dam wall as a way of increasing water catchment and ensuring steady supply of cheap hydropower even during dry spells. “KenGen…
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Kenya has raced past Italy to emerge seventh largest geothermal power producer in the world, new global data shows. Kenya’s geothermal capacity stands at 823 megawatts (MW), having grown by…
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The World Bank has rated Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and Mozambique’s labour pool in hydropower as most qualified on the continent. In a new report on operation and maintenance strategies for…
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Power sector experts from the Netherlands have advised power producer KenGen not to raise Masinga dam wall as a way of increasing water catchment but dredge out layers of sand…
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Kenyan companies shied away from investing in Africa’s largest renewable energy project, Lake Turkana wind power plant, located in northern Kenya, handing foreigners 100 percent ownership. Carlo Van Wageningen, the…
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Hindpal Jabbal bought his first car, a Volkswagen 504, at a cost of four thousand shillings ($40) in 1960, three years before Kenya claimed independence from colonial rule. Back then,…
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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 fields full of…
