Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Kenya:

Menengai Geothermal Project Steam Pipeline Laid Out (Standard Digital News)

Construction work by Geothermal Development Company (GDC) for the Steam Gathering System at the Menengai Independent Power Producers (IPP) project in Nakuru is rolling off earnestly in preparation for the first 105 MW power plant.

Contractor, H.S Young is on site to build the network of pipes that will collect geothermal steam from different wells and channel them to the power plants. Already, a control room is almost complete. GDC and the three IPPs have already identified locations to put up power plants.

GDC is working with three firms: Quantum Power, OrPower 4 and Sosian Energy to generate 105 MW where GDC supplies steam while investors built the power plants.

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