Kenya: Ormat commissions fourth plant at Olkaria III


Issue 317 - 11 Feb 2016 | 1 minute read

New York Stock Exchange-listed Ormat Technologies Ltd announced on 4 February that it had begun commercial operations at the 29MW Plant IV at the Olkaria III geothermal complex, bringing total installed capacity at the site to 139MW. Power will be sold to Kenya Power under a 20-year power purchase agreement, amended in October 2015 to allow for the future increase in phases of capacity at Plant IV to 100MW. Ormat brought the first phase of Plant I online in 2000 and the second phase in 2009.

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