Nairobi, May 4 -- The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has been cleared to start feasibility studies on a 300 megawatt (MW) geothermal power project in Suswa, Narok County.

Disclosures from the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Unit show that GDC got the nod in March this year, paving the way for studies to establish the commercial viability of the project.

GDC targets to tap investors who will develop geothermal plants by June 2027, starting with an initial 50MW to 100MW, boosting Kenya Power's efforts to meet fast-rising demand for power from homes and industries.

Kenya has, in the past three years, been forced to heavily lean on Ethiopia and Uganda to shore up supply and meet rising demand for electricity.

Reliance on the two ne...