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Miner ventures into power generation with 140MW plant

A geothermal well at the Menengai Crater. Geothermal now accounts for 29 per cent of Kenya’s energy mix, up from the previous 13 per cent four years ago. PHOTO | FILE

A Kenyan gold explorer is the latest investor seeking to get into power production with the planned construction of a 140 megawatts (MW) geothermal plant in Turkana County.

Olsuswa Energy, a company owned by Mayfox Mining’s chairman Manga Mugwe, is seeking to construct the power plant at a cost of $402 million (Sh42.8 billion), with planned transmission into the national electricity grid.

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