Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has started drilling the first of the three geothermal wells at the Gale Le Koma Geothermal site in Djibouti.
The development comes approximately nine months after KenGen was awarded by the Office Djiboutien De Development De l’energie Geothermique (Djiboutian Office of Geothermal Energy Development, ODDEG) USD 6.2 million contract to carry out the works.
The drilling of the said well is expected to take about two months to complete. The project is expected to be delivered within the contracted time and on budget despite the prevailing circumstances brought about by COVID-19 and security situation in the neighbouring republic of Ethiopia.
The company had assigned a highly specialised multiskilled team that comprised mechanical and drilling engineers, project managers, drillers, cementing technicians and specialised welders among other key professionals in the geothermal development value chain to the Gale Le Koma Geothermal project.