Kengen to increase power output

Power producer Kengen plans to increase output to the national grid by 70mw by December this year to address the high national demand, managing director Eddy Njoroge said on Wednesday. The power will be supplied by the new Olkaria IV geothermal power plant which is part of the 280mw Olkaria complex, the biggest geothermal plant in the world. Njoroge said construction is on course with 50 per cent of the work complete. "We expect the first output of 70mw by December this year, another 140mw by March and the last 70mw by June 2013," he said. Njoroge said that the power output from the plant...