Developing geothermal energy at local level in Africa: “Geothermal Village” R&D project (original) (raw)

2020

Abstract

Summary The East African Rift system is an exceptional feature on planet earth where plate tectonics plays in extension within a continent, with hot mantle up-lift and high heat flows allowing for geothermal resources at shallow depth. Whereas the industrial development of geothermal energy is still embryonic, with a spectacular success in Kenya, particularly at Olkaria (600MWe installed), but developing fast thanks to appropriate tools, there is still a lack of appropriation of geothermal development at local level, as elsewhere in the world, where projects answering local needs with variety of usages prevail over large size units serving the electricity needs. The “geothermal village” concept was described in 2004, and several attempts to promote it could not reach a full success, despite the identification of numerous sites where local resource really fits the demand. The present usage is mainly handled artisanally, with geothermal steam condensation to produce water for agro-pas...

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