Italian-Portugese consortium signs engineering contract for Olkaria V
KenGen Olkaria II plant, Kenya (source: constructionkenya.com)
Francisco Rojas
12 Jun 2015
Gesto Energia and Italian STEAM have been awarded and signed an engineering contract for Olkaria V, Kenya.
Announced already in April 2015, a contract has now signed late last month between Steam Group from Italy and Gesto Energy Consulting from Portugal (with Italian subsidiary).
The contract is for the engineering services and supervision of the construction of the Olkaria V geothermal power plant for KenGen inKenya. The planned installed capacity for the plant is 140 MW.
For Gesto this is to be the biggest geothermal project ever. Currently the company is already developing, through its subsidiary Gesto Italia, 4 geothermal projects (Mazzolla, Montenero, Cinigiano and Montalcino) in the Tuscany region in Italy, next to the geothermal fields of Lardarello -Travale and Monte Amiata – the largest geothermal fields in Europe and one of the largest in the world.
STEAM is an italian engineering company founded in 1987 with a specific focus on geothermal energy. The firm has worked internationally on a variety of geothermal projects world-wide.
Source: Gelocal.it
