GDC - Geothermal Development Company Ltd

• Geothermal Act 1982 and Regulations.
• Energy Act 2006 (Click to Download)
• Vision 2030 (Click to Download)
• Kenya Investment Authority regulations.
• Land Acts.
• Environmental Management and Coordination Act (EMCA) 1999
• Electric Power Act, 1997
• Kenya Electricity Grid Code
• Electric Power (Complaints and Disputes Resolution) Rules, 2006
• Electric Power (Licensing) Rules, 2005
• Industry Safety Code
• Retail Electricity Tariffs Review Policy, 2005
• Model Power Purchase Agreement
• Environmental Health and Safety policy framework (Click to Download)
• Electric Power (Installation Works) Rules 2006

The costs affiliated with the development of geothermal projects depend on a variety of factors that include location, megawatt size, distance of the resource to the power infrastructure, and the type of geothermal resource (hot water or steam).

Geothermal power plants have a minimal impact on the environment.
• When exploring for geothermal resources, the drilling and surveying are short term operations.
• Geothermal power plants have a small surface footprint when compared to other forms of power generation.
• Geothermal facilities do not require any fuel to operate. As such, they are considered to have near-zero emissions.

Since the earth’s heat is continuously radiated from within, geothermal energy is classified as renewable.
• Geothermal energy production can be sustained for decades and potentially even centuries.
• A geothermal reservoir may only be depleted if the resource is poorly managed and the production rates exceed the recharge rates;
• Or if there is no reinjection of produced fluids for recharge. In a well-managed geothermal field, the resource can be sustained almost indefinitely.