Olkaria

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The Olkaria complex (or Naivasha Complex) is a volcanic complex located immediately to the south of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa. It is geothermally active and is being used to generate growing quantities of clean electrical power. Potential is estimated at 2,000 MW. This is almost double the maximum daily electricity peak demand recorded in 2008/2009 for the entire country.
The geothermal complex and power plants lie within the Hell’s Gate National Park. The Olkaria volcanic is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) from Nairobi. It lies south of the Ol Doinyo Eburru complex and north of the Suswa volcano; it is east of the rift valley’s western margin and west of Mount Longonot, a stratovolcano. The volcanic field covers 240 square kilometres (93 sq mi).
The largest structure is Olkaria Hill, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) across and 340 metres (1,120 ft) high. A narrow gorge that crosses the complex with cliffs up to 200 metres (660 ft) high was formed by water flowing out of Lake Naivasha during a period in the past when water levels were much higher than today.
The surface at Olkaria is dominated by a peralkaline rhyolite dome and lava field. The complex contains many centers of volcanic activity that often erupt in small volumes. There are at least eighty such centers of activity, mostly either thick lava flows or steep-sided lava and pyroclastic domes.

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