Olkaria IV Geothermal Power Station

The Olkaria IV Geothermal Power Station is an operational geothermal power plant in Kenya, with installed capacity of 140 megawatts (190,000 hp).^[1][2]

Location

The power station is located in the Olkaria area, in Nakuru County, adjacent to Hell's Gate National Park, approximately 114 kilometres (71 mi), southeast of Nakuru, where the county headquarters are located.^[3] This is approximately 122 kilometres (76 mi), by road, northwest of Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya.^[4] The geographical coordinates of Olkaria IV Geothermal Power Station are 0°55'05.0"S, 36°20'04.0"E (Latitude:-0.918056; Longitude:36.334444).^[5]

Overview

The power station is one of six geothermal power plants currently either operational, under constriction or planned in the Olkaria area in Nakuru County, Kenya.^[6][7] Olkaria I, Olkaria II, Olkaria III and Olkaria IV are operational.^[8][9] Olkaria V is under construction and Olkaria VI is planned for 2021.^[10]

Olkaria IV Geothermal Power Station was commissioned by Uhuru Kenyatta, the president of Kenya, on 22 October 2014.^[11] The 140 megawatts (187,743 hp) power station cost KSh11.5 billion (US$126.5 million) to build, co-financed by the World Bank, the Kenya government and the European Investment Bank. The electromechanical parts were supplied by Hyundai Engineering of South Korea, Toyota Tsusho of Japan, and KEC International of India.^[2]

A thousand Maasai people were relocated for the project in August 2014.^[12]

Ownership

Olkaria IV Power Station is owned by Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), whose stock is traded on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, and is 70 per cent owned by the government of Kenya with the remaining 30 percent owned by private institutions and individuals.^[6][7][13]

See also

1. ^ Adaramola, Kehinde (8 January 2014). "Kenya To Reduce Power Cost With 280MW Olkaria Plants Launch". Venturesafrica.com. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
2. ^ ^{a b} Iruobe, Emmanuel (22 October 2014). "Kenya Launches World's Largest Geothermal Plant". Ventures Africa Magazine. Lagos. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
3. ^ GFC (27 September 2017). "Distance between Nakuru, Nakuru County, Kenya and Olkaria, Nakuru County, Kenya". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 27 September 2017.
4. ^ GFC (27 September 2017). "Distance between Nairobi Central, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya and Olkaria, Nakuru County, Kenya". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 27 September 2017.
5. ^ Google (27 September 2017). "Olkaria IV Geothermal Power Station" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
6. ^ ^{a b} Irungu, Geoffrey (13 March 2016). "KenGen woos financiers to its mega power investments". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
7. ^ ^{a b} Reuters Staff (27 September 2012). "KenGen invites bids for 560MW geothermal plants". Reuters. Retrieved 27 September 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
8. ^ Herbling, David (27 December 2011). "KenGen starts new round of steam wells' drilling". Business Daily Africa. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
9. ^ Special Correspondent (13 December 2014). "Geothermal plant adds 280MW to Kenya grid". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
10. ^ REW Editors (10 January 2017). "KenGen Plans Olkaria V Geothermal Project". Renewable Energy World (REW). Retrieved 27 September 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
11. ^ Mitchell, Beverley (23 October 2014). "Kenya Opens World's Largest Single Turbine Geothermal Plant". Nairobi: Inhabitat Kenya. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
12. ^ Tarazona, David (23 June 2017). "The forgotten struggle of Kenyan indigenous people". www.eibinafrica.eu. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
13. ^ Juma, Victor (23 February 2017). "KenGen sells five per cent stake to South Africans for Sh2.3 billion". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 27 September 2017.