TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - Toshiba Corp. (TOSYY.PK, TOSBF.PK) said the Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant, Kenya's largest geothermal power complex, has started commercial operation. The official opening ceremony was held on February 19.
Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd. awarded a full turnkey contract for Olkaria I and IV to a consortium of Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd. and Japan's Toyota Tsusho Corp.
Toshiba, selected by Hyundai Engineering to provide key equipment, supplied four 70-megawatt turbines and generators for the plant in 2013. Olkaria IV started commercial operation in September 2014, followed by Olkaria I in January this year.
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