Technical meetings on Silali and Tendaho projects in Kenya and Ethiopia
Power transmission lines in Kenya (source: flickr/ aaron.knox, creative commons)
Francisco Rojas
23 Jun 2014
In a two day meeting, experts from Africa, Europe, Iceland, New Zealand and North America will discuss about ongoing projects such as the Mengai, Silali and Tendaho projects in Kenya and Ethiopia with the aims at increasing efficacy, financial issues and ongoing projects.
A two day meeting will place tomorrow in Nairobi to review and assess the results of surface exploration studies of the geothermal prospects in East Africa region according to local sources.
In this meeting, experts from Africa, Europe, Iceland, New Zealand and North America will discuss about geothermal modelling and best practices.
The meeting, which is the initiative of UNEP through the African Rift Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) Project, intends to catalyze investments to speed up development of geothermal energy in Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda. Topics, such as risk mitigationn and financing will take a key role.
The same source details that the technical review meeting of the Silali and Tendaho projects in Kenya and Ethiopia aims at optimizing the information and quality of the conceptual model of the system that will allow for accurate siting of exploratory wells that minimizes risks of drilling of dry wells while increasing the chances of drilling high productive wells.
For the Silali geothermal scheme in Kenya, the meeting, the first of its kind and content to be held in the region, is expected to fully develop a project for enhanced integrated model, identify at least three exploratory drilling sites, and provide a set of recommendations for further development of Silali geothermal project.
Kenya’s Menengai phase 1 project will cost approximately 488 million U.S. dollars in drilling costs. GDC said it has obtained adequate funding for this phase from the government and development partners.
Besides the Menengai geothermal field with 100MW to be commissioned in 2015, the Baringo-Silali geothermal field located in North Rift region of Kenya is earmarked for development in 2014.
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Source: Coast Week Website
