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Harnessing the Heat Beneath

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Kenya ranks eighth globally in operational geothermal capacity, having leveraged its unique geology to build 942 megawatts of geothermal capacity. A look at Kenya’s geothermal journey from exploratory drilling in the 1950s to the projects now underway at the Menengai field, and the factors that made its clean energy leadership possible.

Source: Mechanical Engineering

DOI: 10.1115/1.2025-dec1

Author: Mercy C. Wanjiku Nduati

Language: English

Topic: Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications

Subfield: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Affordable and clean energy, Climate action, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7140162270

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