In East Africa, geothermal energy is big business, and that’s all thanks to the East African Rift System (EARS). One of the largest rift systems on Earth —stretching 4,000 miles from Ethiopia ...

The Commissioner highlighted that Africa has a huge potential in renewable energy, especially in geothermal which is a viable energy resource estimated at over 15,000 megawatts in East Rift System ...

Geothermal energy is an abundant yet underutilised resource in Africa, primarily concentrated in the East African Rift System (EARS). Countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Tanzania, and ...

This rift marks the boundary between two tectonic plates: the Somali Plate and the Nubian Plate (part of the African Plate), which are gradually pulling away from each other.

Beijing's push for renewable energy projects across Africa has been highlighted at a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of a new Chinese-led geothermal power plant project to be built in Kenya's ...

This phenomenon, closely monitored by scientists, could ultimately divide the African continent and transform global geography. A giant fissure in the heart of the Great Rift Valley Since 2005 ...

The potential for growth in the use of geothermal energy in Africa is great and it is expected that by 2030 the use of energy generated and stored in the Earth would have increased by five times.

Opening the 10th African Rift Geothermal Conference (ARGeo-C10) in the port city of Dar es Salaam, Mpango urged African countries to devise and undertake regional geothermal exploration programs.

He said Kenya has 10,000 MW of untapped geothermal energy, spread across some 20 locations in the Rift Valley, which is enough to meet the country's electricity needs even during peak hours.