Kenya Power, the national electricity utility, has so far always managed to avoid a full shutdown, instead turning off just a few turbines at a time. Now, however, another clean source of power may help fill the gap: Geothermal power. PLENTY OF STEAMKenya has tapped less than 10 percent of the geothermal energy it would like to. Exploring for and developing geothermal energy has high initial costs – a problem shared by many renewable energy technologies. That’s one reason Kenya now has more than 650 MW of geothermal power and Ethiopia only 8 MW, though Ethiopia is now moving to develop 1,000 MW of geothermal power, Amin said.

Source: The Star April 20, 2018 15:11 UTC