Kenya heats up $2.6bn geothermal plan

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Drilling begins at potential geothermal site in the Great Rift Valley

Kenya has confirmed that it will embark on a 10-year, $2.6bn geothermal exploration plan that will result in the sinking of 566 wells in the Great Rift Valley. A government official told news agency...

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