- Sosian plans to commission the Menegai III geothermal plant in December.
- The plant will have a capacity of 35MWe.
Renewable energy producer Sosian has announced plans to commission the Menegai III geothermal power plant in December. During a recent visit by John Lang’at, the regional director of Kenya’s state-owned Geothermal Development Company (GDC), the company officials made the announcement. He was accompanied by a team from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Sosian is one of three firms chosen by GDC to exploit geothermal steam in the Menengai field in Nakuru County. To date, Sosian is the most prominent independent power producer (IPP) in constructing its plant ahead of Quantum Power East Africa and Orpower Twenty Two. The plant built by Sosian Energy will have a capacity of 35 MWe.
Like Quantum and Orpower, Nairobi-based IPP will purchase steam for the plant from GDC, which has already drilled several geothermal wells at the project site. Under the existing agreement between the two parties, Sosian Energy will pay $14.5 million per year for the next 25 years to GDC through Sosian Menengai Geothermal Power. The special purpose company will sell the electricity generated by Menengai III to the state-owned Kenya Power.