New York-based power firm Orpower 22 has secured Sh11.97 billion ($97 million) to drill a 35 megawatt (MW) geothermal well in Menengai Crater, boosting Kenya’s efforts to fully transition to clean energy and lowering the cost of electricity.
Orpower 22 is the special purpose company for Symbion Power LLC and will drill and develop the steam well over a 25-year power purchase deal with the government.
