Geothermal power supply to grid dips, hydro up

Pipelines of Olkaria Geothermal Power Station in the Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya.

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Dominance by geothermal energy on the national electricity mix has dipped amid a rise in supplies from the country’s dams, which are more preferred as the cheapest source of power.

An analysis of data shows that geothermal accounted for 43.7 percent or 3,147.5 million kilowatt hours (kWh) between January and July this year in the national grid, marking a nine percent drop from the 3,492.87 million kWh produced in the same period last year.

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