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Kenya has set out ambitious targets for geothermal energy. It aims to expand its geothermal power production capacity to 5,000 MW by 2030, with a medium-term target of installing 1,887 MW by 2017. Although there is significant political will and ambition, reaching these ambitious goals is a major challenge.
The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) is a wholly owned parastatal of the Government of Kenya. It is mandated to execute surface geothermal development, including prospecting for, drilling, harnessing and selling geothermal energy to electricity-generating companies for energy production and sale to the national grid. [1]
The power station would be located in the Suguta Valley, Turkana County, in the semi-arid north-western Kenya, immediately south of Lake Turkana. [2] This location is near the settlement of Katilia, approximately 168 kilometres (104 mi), by road, south-east of Lodwar , where the county headquarters are located. [ 3 ]
In 2010, geothermal energy accounted for almost 20 percent of Kenya's total electricity generation. The country has the potential to produce 10,000 megawatts of geothermal-powered electricity, according to Kenya's state-owned Geothermal Development Company. [5] Total renewable energy capacity is at 60%, with most coming from hydropower. [6]
Kenya is the largest geothermal energy producer in Africa and also has the largest wind farm on the continent (Lake Turkana Wind Power Project). [4] [5] In March 2011, Kenya opened Africa's first carbon exchange to promote investments in renewable energy projects. [6]
Geothermal Development Company (GDC), a geothermal development company, wholly owned by the Kenyan government has drilled geothermal wells in the Menengai Crater, whose total capacity can generate up to 130 MW (170,000 hp) of electric energy.
The Olkaria VII Geothermal Power Station, also known as the Olkaria VII Geothermal Power Plant, is a proposed geothermal power station in Kenya.The feasibility studies which will inform the design and generation capacity of this renewable energy infrastructure is ongoing, as of March 2022.
The Olkaria V plant in Great Rift Valley, Kenya was first synchronized to the National Grid on 28 June 2019 and its first unit has reached its full design output of 79 megawatts. [9] A second unit came online in October 2019, bringing Kenya's total geothermal capacity to between 700MW and 850MW. [10]