ENERGY
have been called in as a consultant in Rwanda , the Comoros , Zambia , and Sudan . Uganda also has shown interest in asking our people to go and help them develop geothermal capacity .” He is also looking at innovative means of financing new geothermal projects . “ So far we have always developed our power plants through debt finance , with KenGen providing some equity : now we are looking at going into joint ventures , with private companies joining with KenGen in a public / private partnership ( PPP ) and developing that project together . That is what we are trying to do with Olkaria VI .” The first step , he explained , is to invite an expressions of interest ( EoI ) from potential bidders , then to issue a request for proposal ( RfP ) to those that offer best value .” EoIs have already been issued for
Aerial photo of the 140MW Olkaria 1 project which was commissioned by president Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda
Olkaria 1 power plant
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