- Kenya is the largest producer of geothermal energy in Africa, generating 20% of its electricity from geothermal. It has the potential to generate 10,000 megawatts of geothermal power.
- Olkaria II Power Station in Kenya is Africa's largest geothermal power station, generating 140 megawatts of power. It was expanded in 2010 with additional 34 megawatts.
- Geothermal power works by tapping into underground reservoirs of hot water or steam heated by magma deep below the Earth's surface. Wells tap into this steam which is used to power turbines that generate electricity.
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this paper details the setup of a geothermal power plant
- Kenya is the largest producer of geothermal energy in Africa, generating 20% of its electricity from geothermal. It has the potential to generate 10,000 megawatts of geothermal power.
- Olkaria II Power Station in Kenya is Africa's largest geothermal power station, generating 140 megawatts of power. It was expanded in 2010 with additional 34 megawatts.
- Geothermal power works by tapping into underground reservoirs of hot water or steam heated by magma deep below the Earth's surface. Wells tap into this steam which is used to power turbines that generate electricity.
- Kenya is the largest producer of geothermal energy in Africa, generating 20% of its electricity from geothermal. It has the potential to generate 10,000 megawatts of geothermal power.
- Olkaria II Power Station in Kenya is Africa's largest geothermal power station, generating 140 megawatts of power. It was expanded in 2010 with additional 34 megawatts.
- Geothermal power works by tapping into underground reservoirs of hot water or steam heated by magma deep below the Earth's surface. Wells tap into this steam which is used to power turbines that generate electricity.
Kenya is currently the largest producer of geothermal energy in Africa. It is one of
two countries in Africa that produce geothermal energy this also includes Ethiopia. In 2010, geothermal accounted for almost 20 percent of Kenya's total electricity generation. The country has the potential to produce 10,000 megawatts of geothermalpowered electricity, according to Kenya's stateowned !eothermal "e#elopment $ompany. Total renewa%le energy capacity is at &0'.(ith most of that coming from )ydro*ower. OLKARIA II POWER STATION +l,aria II *ower -tation is Africa.s largest !eothermal *ower -tation. It generates /00( and is the second geothermal plant owned and operated %y Ken!en. The second phase of +l,aria II was commissioned in 2010 in1ecting an e2tra 34 0( of power ma,ing a total of 1400( of power produced through geothermal means. The *ower -tation is situated in 5a,uru county in the north eastern sector of the greater +l,aria geothermal 6eld. The plant was designed and constructed with an ad#antage of newer technology7 this stateoftheart plant is highly e8cient in steam utili9ation Geothermal concept :asically the heat transfer from the magma heats the impermea%le roc, through conduction. This super heated roc, then transfers it.s heat energy to the cold water stored in the permea%le water ta%le a;uifer generating steam and super heated water. -team and hot water then escape from the reser#oir through fault lines in the caproc, <Insulating properties=. It is at this point the well is drilled to tap the super heated steam that is trying to escape. +l,aria wells were drilled %etween 1>?& and 1>>3. The drilling is %etween 24003400m a%o#e sea le#el. After drilling the steam is con#eyed in a well sealed pipe to the steam tur%ine. The dry and super heated steam from well is fed to the tur%ine %y means of a main #al#e. The tur%ines are single @ow si2 stage condensing with direct contact s pray 1et condenser. The 1et condenser has a pressure of 0.0/4 %ars. The steam @ows to the tur%ine at rate of />00 cu%ic metre per hour. "ue to the stri,ing or reaction impact of the steam on the %lades of tur%ine it starts rotating i.e., heat energy is con#erted to mechanical energy. The e2cess steam is remo#ed through the #ent house. +l,aria uses single @ash plant cycle with a steam consumption of /.4 tonAhourA0(. After gi#ing heat energy to the tur%ine the steam is e2hausted to a condenser which condenses the e2hausted steam %y means of a cold water circulation in the cooling tower. +nce steam has %een cooled it is the channeled into an in1ection well for ma2imum utili9ation. The steam tur%ine shaft is coupled to a generator. The shaft runs at speed of 3000rpm for power generation. The alternator con#erts the mechanical energy into electrical energy. The electrical output is transferred to the %us %ars through transformer, circuit %rea,er and isolators. The power generated is transmitted to the national grid #ia 220 ,#a dou%le circuit line Schematic of Olkaria II poer plant