Kenya: Tenders for Naivasha geothermal projects

Progress is being made at the geothermal complexes in Naivasha district of Nakuru County, as prequalification gets under way to select an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor to build Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen)’s 70MW Olkaria I Unit VI and another contractor to construct the steam field. Drilling is also moving forward at the 70MW first phase of local company Akiira Geothermal Ltd’s 140MW geothermal power plant south of Olkaria, where the company plans to drill eight to 12 wells to depths of 3,000-3,500 metres.