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Increasing demand for electricity across the East African region has put pressure on existing hydro resources.  Recent long term drought and the resulting unavailability of electrical resources has meant an ever increasing search for alternative sources of reliable, sustainable electricity.  Geothermal power is increasingly being promoted by governments and multilateral agencies as a resource which could and should be exploited for energy production.

High geothermal resource reliability, sustainability and operational efficiency make it easy to understand why more and more countries are exploiting geothermal resources if they have them.  Despite heavy start up costs for geothermal power plants, countries such as Iceland and Japan are investing heavily in the technology and building in overseas territories.  Japan has just recently invested some $320 million in Kenyan and more and more technology companies are offering geothermal development packages aimed at developing countries.