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Kenya’s First Chinese-Funded, Built Geothermal Energy Plant Paves Way for More Similar Projects

One of the very first GDC operation sites in Menengai, Nakuru County in Kenya's Rift Valley. Image by Njenga Hakeenah/CGSP

Chinese funding and technology could help accelerate Kenya’s geothermal electricity generation helping the country shift entirely to renewable energy.

The first Chinese-funded privately-owned power-producing company in Kenya, Sosian Energy, will start feeding electricity generated from geothermal steam into the grid this month.

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