The African Development Bank has approved a transformative $16.5 million loan to accelerate Kenya’s clean energy transition. By: Robert Buluma This funding will drive the construction of the 35 MW OrPower Twenty-Two ( OTTL ) Geothermal Power Plant in the Menengai geothermal field—a flagship renewable energy project set to deliver reliable, affordable, zero-emission baseload power straight into the national grid. Nestled in Kenya’s dramatic Rift Valley, north of Nakuru Town and about 180 km northwest of Nairobi, the Menengai geothermal field taps into one of the continent’s most promising sources of clean, sustainable energy. By harnessing the Earth’s natural heat deep underground, this project helps break Kenya’s dependence on expensive and polluting diesel generators. The OrPower Twenty-Two plant will be the third 35 MW facility in the Menengai field, complementing the already operational Sosian Menengai Geothermal plant and the under-construction Globeleq Menengai project (also supp...
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