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Africa

Kenya turns to Geothermal Green Energy (Video)

Juan Cole 07/30/2013

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Kenya is blessed with a great deal of hydroelectric power, but its electricity needs outstrip that source’s ability to supply them, a problem that will only grow worse in coming years.

One green energy source to which Kenya is turning is geothermal. Because of the Rift Valley, East Africa has enormous geothermal potential.

VOAnews reports:

Kenya has one of the lowest carbon footprints of any country in the world, and is also developing wind and solar electricity.

Filed Under: Africa, Energy, Environment

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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