GDC, National Oil to offer joint oil and gas drilling services

The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) and National Oil Corporation of Kenya have entered into an agreement to offer joint oil and gas drilling services in Kenya and the region the … Read More

Third International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference To convene in Nairobi in September 2016

Key stakeholders from the off-grid renewable energy sector – including policy makers, the private sector, financiers, and development institutions – will gather in Nairobi, Kenya from 30 September to 1 … Read More

GDC trains 113 staff with the JICA $20.5M capacity building grant Baringo-Silali Project

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has trained 113 young engineers, scientists and planners in the first phase of the $20.5M  geothermal capacity building grant extended to GDC in 2013. … Read More

Baringo Land deal paves way for commencement of the KfW 80 Million Euro Baringo-Silali Project

GDC has signed a land agreement pact with affected communities in the Baringo area thus paving way for the commencement of Phase one of the Baringo-Silali project. A meeting this … Read More

Ormat Announces Commercial Operation of Plant 4 in Olkaria III in Kenya, Expanding Complex Capacity to Nearly 140 MW

Ormat Technologies has announced that it reached commercial operation of Plant 4 in the Olkaria III complex in Kenya, increasing the complex total generating capacity by 29 MW to 139 … Read More

KenGen commissions the entire 280MW geothermal project

The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) on Thursday last week inaugurated the 140MW Olkaria 1 power plant, the last phase of the 280 MW of Olkaria geothermal power the world’s largest such … Read More

KenGen strikes 33MW from New geothermal wells in Olkaria

Olkaria Wells OW-923 Trio is among the biggest geothermal wells in the area The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has successfully drilled another set of big geothermal wells in this … Read More