The University of Nairobi Geological Students Association will be heading to Olkaria Geothermal Plant on Wednesday 17th April after being granted access by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd (KenGen).

A total of 50 students across all the undergraduate years will be going for the trip.

Being part of a geological student organization within the best university offering a course in Geology in Kenya, we are fully conversant with the relevance of the geothermal sector ni the country’s energy production, the problems it faces and strides that are yet to be made. We therefore saw it not only opportunistic in terms of current trends in the geothermal industry, but also educationally rewarding to plan for a trip to Olkaria.

During the visit, we intend to achieve the following; establish the association between geothermal activity and Ore deposits formation, learn about the geological field survey operations in the geothermal wells, visit your equipped geochemistry and geophysics laboratories, get a first-hand account of the scaling problem in the pipes and lastly, get a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit the geothermal spa for some recreation.

We hope it will be a successful trip.