Deal #5928
Kenya
Created at
2018-01-26
Last update
2024-11-19
Last full update
2024-11-19
Land area
Comment on land area
size unknown
Intention of investment
Intention of investment
- [current] Renewable energy unspecified
Comment on intention of investment
Geothermal Power Station
Carbon offset project
Carbon offset project
No
Negotiation status
Negotiation status
- [current] Concluded (Contract signed)
Implementation status
Implementation status
- [2000] Project not started
- [2003-11] In operation (production)
- [2010, current] In operation (production)
Comment on implementation status
Wells were drilled between 1986 and 1993 but construction of the power plant was delayed until the year 2000 when funds became available.The government is inviting bids for the tender of a structural rehabilitation of the plant in 2018.
The second phase of Olkaria was commissioned in 2010 injecting an extra 35 MW of power making a total of 150MW of power produced through geothermal means.
Olkaria II went on-stream in November 2003 when Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) commissioned two 35 MW units manufactured and installed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). I
Contract farming
Contract farming
No