According to Ormat, the expanded power plant will reportedly save 120,000 tons of imported oil, mitigate approximately 200,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year and reduce the average production cost of electricity in Kenya while reducing its dependence on imports.
The additional clean, base load geothermal energy generated by Olkaria III will increase the supply to the local transmission, distribution and retail utility, Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), and help meet the country’s increasing demand for reliable, fuel-free electricity, said Ormat.
Lucien Bronicki, chairman and chief technical officer of Ormat, said: “Ormat is proud to have built up the plant capacity to the original target of 48MW. This was possible by Ormat’s belief in Kenya’s economy and dedication of Kenyan employees and colleagues.”
Ormat Technologies is a vertically-integrated company primarily engaged in the geothermal and recovered energy power business. It designs, develops, owns and operates geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants.
