Menengai III Geothermal Power Station

Menengai III Geothermal Power Station
Map of Kenya showing the location of Menengai III Geothermal Power Station
Location Menengai, Nakuru County, Kenya
Coordinates 00°11′43″S 36°04′54″E / 0.19528°S 36.08167°E / -0.19528; 36.08167Coordinates: 00°11′43″S 36°04′54″E / 0.19528°S 36.08167°E / -0.19528; 36.08167
Status Under construction
Commission date 2017 (Expected)[1]
Owner(s) Sosian Energy Limited
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 35 megawatts (47,000 hp)

The Menengai III Geothermal Power Station is a 35 megawatts (47,000 hp) geothermal power plant under construction in Kenya.[2]

Location

The power plant is located in the Menengai Crater, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi), north of Nakuru, the location of the district headquarters. This is approximately 185 kilometres (115 mi), by road, northwest of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya. The coordinates of Menengai Crater are:0°11'43.0"S, 36°04'54.0"E (Latitude:-0.195276; Longitude:36.081678).[3]

Overview

Geothermal Development Company (GDC), a geothermal development company, wholly owned by the Kenyan government has drilled geothermal wells in the Menengai Crater, whose total capacity can generate up to 130 megawatts (170,000 hp) of electric energy.

GDC will sell the steam to three independent power producers (IPPs) to build three geothermal power stations, each with capacity of 35 megawatts (47,000 hp). The power stations are:[4][5]

  1. Menengai I Geothermal Power Station - Owned by Orpower Twenty Two
  2. Menengai II Geothermal Power Station - Owned by Quantum Power East Africa
  3. Menengai III Geothermal Power Station - Owned by Sosian Energy

The Menengai IPP power projects are expected to come online during the second half of 2017.[1]

Ownership

Menengai III Geothermal Power Station is owned by Sosian Energy Limited, a Kenyan independent power producer (IPP).[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 TGEC (9 September 2015). "Private Menengai projects delayed until mid-2017". Thinkgeoenergy.com (TGEC). Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Kisero, Jaindi (6 March 2014). "Nakuru banks on steam power to drive economy". Daily Nation Mobile. Nairobi. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Google (4 April 2016). "Location of Menengai III Geothermal Power Station" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Owori, Tony (7 January 2015). "Menengai geothermal to save nation KSh 13 billion". The Standard (Kenya). Nairobi. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Mureithi, Francis (14 February 2015). "Geothermal power from Menengai to be cheaper... at Sh7khw". Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Economic News Update (19 August 2014). "Kenya moves to harness geothermal potential". London: Oxford Business Group. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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