Kenya Electricity Generating Company has obtained key tools for its latest geothermal energy plant on the Olkaria geothermal complicated, boosting the nation’s drive towardss a clear vitality future.
The NSE listed agency on Wednesday introduced the onsite supply of two steam generators and two mills destined for Units 2 and three of the deliberate Olkaria I mission, shipped from Japan earlier this yr.
Olkaria I mission, positioned within the geologically lively Rift Valley, is predicted so as to add 63MW of renewable vitality to the nationwide grid as soon as accomplished, additional cementing Kenya’s repute as a worldwide chief in geothermal vitality manufacturing. The mission is at present 70 per cent full.
The vitality generator stated the ultimate set of turbine and generator models, assigned to Unit 1, was dispatched in late May and already in transit. KenGen expects the tools to dock at Mombasa and to reach on the Olkaria web site by the top of the month.
Other main plant elements have already been delivered and several other have been put in as work on the power strikes into its last levels.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, KenGen managing director and CEO, Peter Njenga, stated the well timed arrival and set up of the vital elements mark an necessary step in KenGen’s mission to ship reasonably priced, dependable and inexperienced vitality to the nation.
General supervisor enterprise improvement and technique, Elizabeth Njenga and design and construction manager, Isaack Maina, are main a crew of 928 folks together with elite mission engineers, technicians, foremen, artisans and basic staff, to ship the mission forward of time and on funds, in response to administration.
“We are actually at 70 per cent on the important thing mission milestones and are assured to fee the primary turbine by June 2026. This mission is a significant increase to our strong repute constructed over time in provision of renewable vitality options and demonstrates the numerous position geothermal energy continues to play in securing Africa’s vitality future,” Njenga stated.
When commissioned, the Olkaria I growth is predicted to enhance electrical energy reliability getting Kenya nearer to its 100 per cent clear vitality goal by 2030, because the East African nation works to section out use of fossil fuels for vitality technology.
“We are acutely aware about our carbon footprint and that’s the reason we’re deliberate about our deal with inexperienced vitality initiatives which aren’t solely climate-sensitive however are additionally sustainable thereby preserving our planet for future generations whereas supporting financial improvement,” stated Njenga.
The Olkaria I mission falls beneath the federal government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), which emphasises the position of infrastructure and inexperienced vitality in job creation and industrial improvement.
Kenya is already Africa’s largest producer of geothermal vitality, with a lot of its energy derived from the volcanic Rift Valley.
Olkaria has been central to those efforts, with a number of energy stations contributing to the nation’s vitality combine.
The addition of the 63MW will carry the put in capability of Olkaria I to new heights and proceed over seven many years legacy of homegrown innovation and funding in clear vitality. This will carry Kenya near becoming a member of the elite 1GW membership of largest geothermal producers.
