Funding geothermal and solar energy projects can help to supply clean,dependable, renewable power to people, and boosting green growth and reducing poverty Steam billows from an energy plant in a stretch of Kenya’s much Rift Valley,approximately 180km north of the capital, Nairobi. But the white clouds rising from the tidy grid of pipes aren’t a sign of polluting greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change. They are a signal that the country of more than 44 million, and where some 65% of the population does not have access to electricity,is one giant step closer to delivering clean, dependable, or renewable power to its people.
The first phase of the $746m Menengai geothermal development project is well under way,with already proven steam resources capable of generating 130 megawatts of electricity and working toward commissioning the first power plants in 2016. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com