The Menengai I Geothermal Power Station is a geothermal power plant under construction in Kenya. Location The facility is located in the Menengai Crater, approximately , north of the city of Nakuru, where the county headquarters relocated. This is approximately , by road, northwest of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya. The coordinates of Menengai Crater are: 0°11'35.0"S, 36°04'12.0"E (Latitude:-0.193048; Longitude:36.070000). Overview Geothermal Development Company (GDC), a company wholly owned by the Kenyan government has drilled geothermal wells in the Menengai Crater, whose total capacity can generate up to of electric energy. GDC will sell the steam to three independent power producers (IPPs) to build three geothermal power stations, each with capacity of . The power stations are: 1. Menengai I Geothermal Power Station: Owned by Orpower Twenty Two. 2. Menengai II Geothermal Power Station: Owned by Quantum Power East Africa and 3. Menengai III Geothermal Power Station: Owned by Sosian Energy. Menengai I Geothermal Power Station uses new geothermal technology jointly developed by Toshiba Corporation and Ormat Technologies Inc to harness more energy from the steam supplied to the plant by increasing efficiency. Ownership The power station is owned by a consortium (Orpower Twenty Two), whose shareholding is illustrated in the table below: Swiss Vital Capital became a shareholder in 2018, after Israel's Ormat Technologies indicated its intention to divest from the project in 2018. See also List of power stations in Kenya Geothermal power in Kenya References External links GDC reports current steam output of 130 MW at Menengai Geothermal power stations in Kenya Power stations in Kenya