The Kenyan Geothermal Development Company (GDC) started to drill wells in the Menengai Caldera of the Central Rift Valley with a high potential of hot steam to generate electricity in Februar 2011. Only few days later we visited the drilling site and saw how the works are in progress. The god news: they found hot steam of 10 MW on this first well. The drilling process is ongoing.

With a top-drive through tight rock beds.

Five generators with power for one rig

Drilling up to a depth of 3000 m

Chinas drilling in Menengai and Olkaria

Rig with an altitude of 64 m