Kenya's Energy Revolution: Full Steam Ahead for Geothermal Power (The Guardian)
Electricity may be at a premium in Kenya, but the country hopes to be the world's leading exponent of geothermal power by 2023
 |
| (Courtesy CIA.gov) |
You can understand why the Masai gave Kenya's Hell's Gate national park its name, says Isaac Kirimi, drilling superintendent at the site's Olkaria geothermal plant. Here in the active east African rift, fractures in the ground seep sulphur, while rocks are too hot to touch. The Earth's crust is communicating with the magma chamber , Kirimi says.
The region is considered one of the most exciting geothermal prospects in the world. Where Kirimi and his team have drilled wells, water heated by molten lava roars like a jet engine as it bursts out of the ground.
Read More.....
