Geothermal power plant

The move will enhance the government's target of increasing the use of renewable energy in the country by an extra 40 megawatts (MW) of geothermal power into ...

“The ministry is keen to work with counties in making sure that the envisaged plan for clean cooking energy is achieved by 2028,” he said. “The national government through the help of development partners is keen to come up with mini-solar, wind and hydro-plants at county levels,” he said. “We have received Sh6 billion from the European Union (EU) towards rehabilitating the Olkaria 1 and 4 power plants which will see the country get an extra 40MW,” he said. Recently, the State announced plans to get an extra 200MW of electricity from Ethiopia to address the rising demand. He said that under the joint programme with the counties, the State was keen to make ensure Kenyans accessed clean cooking energy by 2028. According to the Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir, the country was keen to phase out fossil sources of energy by 2030, with clean energy such as geothermal, solar and wind being the alternatives.