Michael Kaloki
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For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaloki in Nairobi.
Hello, you're listening to Business Daily from the BBC World Service.
I'm Michael Kaloki.
Today, we're looking at Kenya as a leading producer of geothermal power on the African continent.
Globally, geothermal energy is a niche but growing industry, with power plants around the world generating reliable electricity for factories, schools, shops and homes.
The country is now building what some are calling Africa's first geothermal-powered city.
So, how did geothermal energy grow to become so vital for Kenya, turning the East African nation into one of Africa's leading producers?
That's all coming up in Business Daily from the BBC.
Geothermal energy is a type of renewable energy that uses heat from beneath the Earth's surface to generate power.
It currently provides a small share of the global energy supply, but it's steady, reliable and growing.
The International Energy Agency says geothermal could supply up to 15% of the rise in global electricity demand by 2050.
Here in Kenya, a unique opportunity lies beneath the surface.
Along the volcanic landscapes of the East African Rift Valley, tectonic activity is heating the Earth's crust, releasing huge amounts of geothermal energy that the country is harnessing for power.
I'm just leaving Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
I'm heading towards the Mwiga area of Nyeri County, about 160 kilometers north of the capital, to meet Dr. Patrick Kariuki, the director of the Geothermal Training and Research Institute at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, to learn more about how Kenya is tapping into this underground energy.
Olkaria is a volcanic region home to Kenya's largest geothermal energy complex.
And fumaroles, as mentioned there by Dr. Kariuki, are openings in the Earth's surface that emit steam and volcanic gases.
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