The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has announced that Kenyans are inching closer to getting a relief of lower power bills when two independent power producers (IPPS) start generating geothermal power next year from geothermal steam wells on the floor of Menengai Crater in Nakuru.
The first geothermal power plant at Menengai, built by local firm Sosian Energy started electricity production in 2023 after completion through Sh6.5 billion funding from the China-based, Zhejiang Kaishan Compressor.
The two parties also signed a 14-year Sh1.8 billion operations and maintenance of systems agreement.
The Menengai fields were developed by GDC, which is mandated with undertaking the capital-intensive work of exploration for geothermal steam and then developing viable fields by drilling production wells and building steam gathering systems.
