His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta has commissioned KenGen’s Olkaria V and Olkaria I Additional Unit 6 (Olkaria I AU6) geothermal power stations in Naivasha, Nakuru County.
Olkaria V is a 158MW plant while Olkaria I AU6, with the largest single turbine unit ever installed in any of KenGen’s 5 geothermal units, has an installed capacity of 83.3MW.
Ag. Amb Kitagawa with Energy CS Monica Juma attended the Official Commissioning of the Olkaria I AU 6 by H.E President Kenyatta. Mr. Kitagawa underlined the procurement and turbine were prepared by Japanese tech which is well known as durable, reliable and high-quality.
This commissioning lifted Kenya as World No. 6 of Geothermal installed capacity. Japan commits Kenyan industrialisation through the use of renewable electricity.
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