@ Guka
Its all in the planning. Proper planning on
i) drilling of wells - this is expensive, risky and time consuming.
ii) project financing - donor funding complicates time period for execution of projects. they've got very many conditions, criteria etc that have to be met at every stage before funds are released
iii) power station building. it'll take a minimum of 3 years to build a power plant - steam lines, generators etc.

On selling of steam to IPPs, its a matter of project risk. Do we have all the funds we need to avail to GDC to do the drilling, build and operate power plants. We don't and thus we need someone else to invest in the power plants. GDC will specialise on prospecting for and generation of steam, while you and I can invest in a power plant.

The issue is: At what cost does KPLC buy power from IPPs? Is there a politician involved?

@fuchu badala ya story mob let me summarize that GDC is purely an exploration company. Enery sector reforms recc.d separation of the elec. energy cycle. That is how KPLC un-bundled Kengen.

Yeah; right!
See this as well: http://stockgumshoe.com/...ttime-solar-energy.html[/quote]
and BTW: how will Henry convert solar power into electricity to be stored in his NiMH battery? solar panels are only about 7.5% efficient....

It's been 7.5% since the 1980s! And the lab modules have also been at around 20%. the idealised theoretical limit is about 29% - this is the absolute limit for silicon cells.

As far as I can see; the silicon based photo-voltaic solar cell will take us nowhere! It is too expensive and too inefficient.

There are better ways of trapping solar energy: e.g. wait for the sun to heat the air and cause winds to blow; then trap the wind... oh, that's called wind energy.

Ask yourself this: why are they setting up a wind farm in the sunny Turkana region instead of a solar farm?

That site is just hype with no content!