Having learnt that geothermal power would contribute some 1,646 MW to Kenya'a proposed 5,000 MW injection of generation capacity, Uganda and Tanzania are keen to take advantage of their own Rift Valley steam potential, even though they both face challenges in terms of financing and technical capacity.
In May 2013, US developer Ormat Technologies announced the commercial operation of Plant 2 in the Olkaria III complex in Naivasha, and the company plans to bring a third plant on line during 2014, taking Olkaria III's capacity to 100 MW. The site also has 150 MW of generation from two plants developed by Kenya Electricity Generation Company (KenGen), and the state Geothermal Development Company (GDC) estimates Olkaria's total potential capacity to be as high as 1,000 MW
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