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FIRST PUBLIC PRIVATE COMMUNITY AGREEMENT IN THE ENERGY SECTOR IN KENYA
Suswa Stima Ltd. – Highlights
- Community based company with the objective to utilize part of the resources found in its land
- Acquiring 20% of the steam harnessed in the area for community benefits
- Setting up a geothermal power plant utilizing the 20% of the steam with partners having geothermal experience to create a steady revenue stream for the community.
- Water supply as a bi-product
- Possibly utilizing part of the condensed steam and the brine for desalination to produce drinking water, water for live stock and for industry
- This will change a water stricken Suswa community into a thriving area for the benefit of all inhabitants
- Resort Lagoon as a spin-off of the power plant
- Based on the successful model of the Icelandic Blue Lagoon. Employment and other service spin-offs like a Maasai Cultural Center/Museum.
- Workshop servicing the energy sector
- Creating employment for locals.
- Suswa Stima (SS) is a private limited company founded in Nairobi, Kenya, a company with focus on renewable energies.
- The founders of Suswa Stima are majority from Suswa community and related parties. Other founder, Kaldara´s CEO is the inventor of Green Energy Group’s GEG wellhead generation concept for geothermal power generation that has been set up in Olkaria and he is one of the founders of Green Energy Group. Kaldara ehf. became a partner in Terra Power Plants Systems, last year, a turbine factory in Bangalore India with vast experience in East Africa.
- Among the the largest shareholders is KEEKONYOKIE SUSWA TRUST, a trust for the 6000 acres of land that GDC plans to start drilling on.
- Another trust is being established for Youth and Women in Suswa community that will hold shares in Suswa Stima and thus women and youth will benefit from the geothermal power plant.
- External investors will be taken in for funding of the power plant
Why Suswa:
- Renewable power plants
- Geothermal Potential of 600-1000 MW
- A lot of land at economical prices.
- Closeness to one of the largest electrical substations in Kenya
- Short drive to Nairobi
- Joint venture on a geothermal plants with the Suswa community
- Work shop, warehouse and factory
- Closeness to Olkaria, planned road will make distance from Suswa to Olkaria shorter than from Naivasha to Olkaria. Menengai and many other areas better accessible than from industrial area of Nairobi
- Planned Salama by-pass from Mombasa coming to Suswa
- Railways passing through Suswa
- Resort lagoon resort in connection with geothermal plant
- On the way to Maasai Mara so can easily attract tourist going there
- Mount Suswa historical Maasai place that can be made as an attraction for tourists as well
- Reasons for County and local community benefits from geothermal resources
- The resource, STEAM, is located in the county
- Relocation often necessary.
- Governmental policy coming that ensures communities benefit from their resources
- Steady revenue stream / dividends from the geothermal power plant can be use for financing long term projects
- Water is a valuable resource which is lacking in Suswa
- Desalination technology can be used to turn condensed steam and geothermal brine into drinkable water, water for agriculture and for live stocks.
- Resource Park as per Icelandic model
- Drying of food. Fish from Lake Victoria can be dried and exported for value addition
- Other industry can utilize the hot excess geothermal water. Methanol production possible
- Beauty industry can utilize the geothermal minerals in creams and other products