{"id":9986,"date":"2020-10-21T08:30:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T06:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/afrique\/2020\/10\/21\/kenya-has-become-africas-largest-producer-of-geothermal-energy\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T08:30:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T06:30:38","slug":"kenya-has-become-africas-largest-producer-of-geothermal-energy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ecomnewsafrique.com\/en\/2020\/10\/21\/kenya-has-become-africas-largest-producer-of-geothermal-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya has become Africa&#8217;s largest producer of Geothermal energy"},"content":"The Menengai Geothermal Development Project (https:\/\/bit.ly\/3jSyVfV), largely funded by the African Development Bank to the tune of US $ 108 million, has brought an output of some 105 MW to the production capacity national, according to the project completion report published on October 6 by the Bank.\nFor the implementation of the plant, the total number of wells targeted was around fifty to have enough steam for a production capacity greater than 100 MW. Some 49 wells have been drilled through the end of November 2019, with a capacity of 169.9 MW. The results are therefore greater than the initially estimated capacity. In addition, a reduction of 600,000 tonnes of CO\u2082 emissions per year should be achieved from 2022-2023.\nDuring the construction phase of the plant, 94 staff members received training in drilling, procurement and financing, and health and safety management. Almost half (44%) of the members trained are women. In addition, 249 staff of the Geothermal Development Company (GDC), including 93 women, have received group training.\nThe construction of the Menegai geothermal power plant benefits around 500,000 people, including 70,000 in rural areas of the country, as well as businesses and industries. Over 600 jobs have been created.\n\u201cThe ultimate goal of the project was to play a critical role in helping Kenya overcome the severe power shortage due to the variability in hydropower generation, which had forced the country to resort to expensive back-up thermal generation. from 2011 to 2012, and which continued until 2018 \u201d, underlines the report conducted by Girma Mekuria, Senior Energy Officer at the Bank.\nIn 2011, Kenya embarked on an ambitious path of developing renewable energies by adopting the Least Cost Electricity Development Plan for the period 2011-2031. This plan is updated annually in order to increase energy production capacity, which rose from 1,227 MW in 2010 to 3,751 MW in 2018. In order to achieve electrification in the country and meet growing demand, a significant renewable energy production capacity must be added to the Kenyan national grid.\nThe Medium Term Plan (MTP) 2008-2012, and those which followed it, the PMT-II (2013-2018), the PMT-III (2018-2022), within the framework of the development plan called &#8220;Vision 2030 \u201d, plan to increase the country&#8217;s electricity production capacity to 5,521 MW by the end of 2022.\nThe PMT-III also aims to promote the development and use of renewable energy sources in order to create a reliable, good quality and cost effective electricity supply system to support industrial development.\nFor the realization of this ambitious transformative plan, the African Development Bank is one of Kenya&#8217;s privileged financial partners.\nSOURCE: African Development Bank Group (AfDB)\n","author":15,"featured_media":9378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[625],"location":[511],"class_list":["post-9986","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-geothermal-energy","location-kenya-en"],"short_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Ve7Ysm","have_related_news":null,"chapo":"With production that has more than tripled, from 198 to nearly 672 megawatts (MW) in six years, Kenya has become Africa's leading producer of geothermal energy. 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