Trending
- Zambia reduces interest rates on student loans by 5 per cent
- Twiga Foods raises undisclosed funding despite massive layoffs
- No more excuses: Commonwealth to call for accelerated action on climate crisis at COP28
- London’s Verto and UBA spearhead cross-border payments in East Africa
- Mozambique’s $80 Billion Green Energy Gamble: A Strategic Shift with Global Implications
- Financial professionals must lead Africa’s switch to sustainable growth
- Africa-Europe team pioneers study for severe malaria response in isolated rural areas
- Building bridges: President Biden invites Angolan counterpart João Lourenço for talks
Browsing: Ethiopia geothermal power
Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) says it has surpassed a crucial stage in the ongoing USD 6.2 million geothermal drilling contracts in Ethiopia.
According to the firm’s Managing Director and CEO Rebecca Miano, a team of KenGen engineers have so far crossed the 450 meters of drilling depth of the first of eight geothermal wells for the state-owned electricity producer, Ethiopia Electric Power Company which commenced in May this year.
“The first 450 meters is the most difficult phase of the entire geothermal well drilling process which can go upto a depth of 3,000 meters,” Miano said.
“This particular one is being done under peculiar circumstances including unforeseen delays occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic,” she added.
The CEO added that they will be drilling at a rate of about 50 meters per day going forward and therefore expect to complete the remaining part on schedule in about two months.…