Menengai power plant set up to start after Sh18bn funding

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Geothermal well discharging steam at Menengai Geothermal Development Company project in Nakuru County on June 7, 2023. FRANCIS MUREITHI | NMG

UK-based renewable power company Globeleq has reached financial closure for its $117 million (Sh18.34 billion) geothermal plant in Menengai, paving the way for start of the construction in the coming weeks.

The firm disclosed the financial break-through on Thursday, ending delays that had seen the company miss its target of starting the construction of the 35-Megawatt plant in the second half of 2023.

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