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The Olkaria I Power Station first started operation in 1981 running one Mitsubishi turbine with a generation capacity of 15MW. In 1982 and 1985, two more turbines identical to the first were commissioned at the facility, bringing the total generation capacity to 45MW. [ 8 ]
The Olkaria 5 project generates 140 MW, [5] although other reliable sources have put planned capacity at 158 megawatts (212,000 hp). [6] [7] The power station is jointly financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen).
Station Location Capacity ()Notes Olkaria I Geothermal Power Station: 268.3 [1]: Olkaria II Geothermal Power Station: 105: Olkaria III Geothermal Power Station
Following rising power demands, a third station, Olkaria II was built with a production capacity of 105 MW with 5.2 MW used to power the station itself. It is powered by 3 Mitsubishi turbines each capable of generating 35 MW. The steam is obtained from 22 wells each producing an estimated 35 tonnes of steam per hour. As of 2005 KenGen owned the ...
Olkaria I Geothermal Power Plant - 45 MW [13] Olkaria II Geothermal Power Plant - 105 MW [14] Olkaria I AU Geothermal Power Station - 140 MW [15] Olkaria V Geothermal Plant- 172MW [16] Eburru Geothermal Power Plant – 2.44 MW [17] Wellhead Geothermal Power Plant (Olkaria)- 5.0 MW [18] Wellhead Generation – 81 MW [6]
Workers at Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant. Geothermal power is very cost-effective in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, East Africa. As of 2023, Kenya has 891.8 MW of installed geothermal capacity. [1] [2] Kenya was the first African country to build geothermal energy sources.
Three more geothermal stations were added after 2000: Olkaria II, Olkaria III and Olkaria IV. Construction of the 140MW Olkaria V commenced in 2017 and the plant came online in 2019. [12] As of 2019, a significant part of the Hell's Gate National Park has turned into an industrial area, with many pipelines, power plants and busy tarmac roads.
Olkaria IV Geothermal Power Station was commissioned by Uhuru Kenyatta, the president of Kenya, on 22 October 2014. [11] The 140 megawatts (187,743 hp) power station cost KSh11.5 billion (US$126.5 million) to build, co-financed by the World Bank , the Kenya government and the European Investment Bank .