Looking underground could provide a more reliable alternative. The Olkaria field just outside Nairobi is the nation’s largest geothermal operation. The site is estimated to contain 1,000 ...

Olkaria, Kenya — As he stares down from the ridge toward the steaming panorama below, Victor Otieno has a bird’s eye view of Kenya’s natural beauty—and of its planned industrial future.

The recent 280-MW expansion at its Olkaria fields has shown how beneficial the indigenous, renewable energy source can be. The Great Rift Valley is a massive continental fault system that runs ...

KenGen has added 140 megawatts to the national grid from the Olkaria geothermal project and expects another 140MW to be commissioned by end of the year. This latest development could in the coming ...

The Sh11.5 billion Olkaria geothermal power project is set for completion by April next year, adding 280MW to the national grid. Sinopec International began construction last December and has laid ...

Heavy rain is expected in the daytime hours. The high will be 22°. Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the standard atmospheric pressure of 1,013.25 mb (29. ...