{"id":306252,"date":"2010-02-11T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T10:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-6416283515986199685"},"modified":"2010-02-11T06:08:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T11:08:31","slug":"kenya-electricity-signs-1-3-billion-geothermal-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/306252","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Electricity Signs $1.3 Billion Geothermal Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BusinessWeek reports on a new <a href=\"http:\/\/peakenergy.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/geothermia-revisited.html\">geothermal power<\/a> project in Kenya &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2010-02-09\/kenya-electricity-signs-1-3-billion-geothermal-deal-update1-.html\">Kenya Electricity Signs $1.3 Billion Geothermal Deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Kenya Electricity Generating Co., the East African nation\u2019s biggest power producer, signed a contract worth more than $1.3 billion for Sinclair Knight Merz Pty Ltd. to be consultants for the construction of facilities to provide 280 megawatts of geothermal power from underground hot springs.<\/p>\n<p>Work will begin this month and take three years, Ken Gen Managing Director Edward Njoroge said in an e-mailed statement today. The geothermal power project, which will be Kenya\u2019s biggest, comprises two fields in Olkaria near the town of Naivasha, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scope of the project includes four 70-megawatt power generating machines, steam-gathering systems, substations, transmission lines and other infrastructure,\u201d Njoroge said<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The ABC has an update on Panax Geothermal&#8217;s progress in South Australia &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/stories\/2010\/02\/11\/2816912.htm?site=southeastsa&#038;section=news\">Geothermal well 25 per cent finished<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The company drilling a geothermal well near Penola, in South Australia&#8217;s south-east, says it is more than a quarter of the way through the project.<\/p>\n<p>Panax Geothermal has a massive rig set up at a site near Penola and has already drilled more than a kilometre. It says if it is successful it will be Australia&#8217;s first geothermal site to access hot water in an aquifer to create energy.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s managing director, Bertus de Graaf, says two months has been set aside for the drilling program. &#8220;We&#8217;re targeting a maximum depth of 4,000 metres,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-2189376323632485\";\n\/* 728x90, created 5\/18\/08 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3866831776\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/9864176-6416283515986199685?l=peakenergy.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/HWBGPrs1lGYTE2oJ13wVs0oyUu0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/HWBGPrs1lGYTE2oJ13wVs0oyUu0\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/HWBGPrs1lGYTE2oJ13wVs0oyUu0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/HWBGPrs1lGYTE2oJ13wVs0oyUu0\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BusinessWeek reports on a new geothermal power project in Kenya &#8211; Kenya Electricity Signs $1.3 Billion Geothermal Deal. 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