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Globeleq[3][4] December 28, 2023 publishes a US$117 million project investment for its 35 MW Menengai plant. This later figure supersedes the June 2023 US$108 million announcement. Other developers’ Menengai plants and the inventory’s broader 70 MW grouping are excluded. Globeleq Menengai geothermal plant: published generating capacity 35 MW. Operator-reported electric generating capacity; not annual energy production
Globeleq[2][4] verifies groundbreaking June 8, 2023. Its Kenya sustainability report describes the 35 MW plant in construction; August 2026 inventory still reports construction. Historical 2025 operation target is not asserted as completed.
The operator report confirms this 35 MW power plant in construction.[1]
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35 MW geothermal generation for this plant, excluding other Menengai developers.
Original 2025 operation forecast remains unverified; no completion inferred.
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Globeleq December 28, 2023 publishes a US$117 million project investment for its 35 MW Menengai plant. This later figure supersedes the June 2023 US$108 million announcement. Other developers’ Menengai plants and the inventory’s broader 70 MW grouping are excluded.[2][3][4]
Globeleq December 28, 2023 publishes a US$117 million project investment for its 35 MW Menengai plant. This later figure supersedes the June 2023 US$108 million announcement. Other developers’ Menengai plants and the inventory’s broader 70 MW grouping are excluded. Globeleq Menengai geothermal plant: published generating capacity 35 MW. Operator-reported electric generating capacity; not annual energy production[2]
Globeleq verifies groundbreaking June 8, 2023. Its Kenya sustainability report describes the 35 MW plant in construction; August 2026 inventory still reports construction. Historical 2025 operation target is not asserted as completed.[3]
The operator report confirms this 35 MW power plant in construction.[4]
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Globeleq Menengai project groundbreaking ceremony, published July 2023. Credit: Globeleq; individual photographer not named. Source and gallery; original media.
Power generation35 MW · Status: construction. 35 MW geothermal generation for this plant, excluding other Menengai developers. Original 2025 operation forecast remains unverified; no completion inferred. · source