Geothermal Heats Up Kenya's Energy Sector
Source: Clean Technica, Andrew Burger (9/6/11)
"Nineteen companies submitted bids to Kenya's state-owned Geothermal Development Co. to develop eight 100-MW geothermal power plants in the Bogoria-Silali block of northwestern Kenya."
Clean Technica, Andrew Burger
Sitting smack dab in the East African Rift, Kenya is literally a hotbed of geothermal activity, and it's becoming a focal point for the development of geothermal power as well.
Nineteen companies, including General Electric, Mitsubishi Corp., Toshiba and France's Alstom SA, submitted bids to Kenya's state-owned Geothermal Development Co. to develop eight, 100-megawatt (MW) geothermal power plants in the Bogoria-Silali block of land in northwestern Kenya, according to a Bloomberg news report. . .View full article
Sitting smack dab in the East African Rift, Kenya is literally a hotbed of geothermal activity, and it's becoming a focal point for the development of geothermal power as well.
Nineteen companies, including General Electric, Mitsubishi Corp., Toshiba and France's Alstom SA, submitted bids to Kenya's state-owned Geothermal Development Co. to develop eight, 100-megawatt (MW) geothermal power plants in the Bogoria-Silali block of land in northwestern Kenya, according to a Bloomberg news report. . .View full article