The African Union Commission has issued a grant of 101.5 million Kenyan shillings for the Turkana geothermal power plant. The funding went to Olsuswa Energy, the company in charge of the development of the plant, and will be used to conduct technical studies as well as upgrading the infrastructure erected at the level of the volcanic barrier in Turkana County.
The implementation of the project will be in two phases that will allow the installation of 140 MW capacity. The first, which will take between five and eight years, will allow the plant to inject 70 MW into the national grid. Drilling was expected to be complete this year, but according to reports it is unlikely to achieve this deadline.