Kenya is planning to quickly expanding its geothermal capacity, and neighbouring Rift Valley countries up to Djibouti are examining their own potential.

肯尼亚正计划迅速扩大其地热能。与此同时，从东非大裂谷邻近的几个国家甚至连吉布提都在审视自己的潜能。

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Yet the biggest source of renewables, hydropower, and the smallest, geothermal, both only added 3% to capacity.

不过最大和最小的可再生能源——水力发电和地热发电都只增加了3%的容量。

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Traditional geothermal could provide thousands of megawatts of electricity capacity, which would be welcome.

传统地热开发方法可以提供数千兆瓦的发电能力，这是件让人高兴的事。

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Its Olkaria station outside Naivasha already produces 158MW. The government says it wants to raise its geothermal capacity to 576MW within a decade.

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The Ethiopians hope for 440MW of geothermal power against their present energy capacity of 790MW. Geothermal could be an alternative to hydroelectric dams, which provide most of the region's power but are vulnerable to drought.

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Conventional geothermal power stations worldwide have a total capacity of 10.7 gigawatts (GW) and will generate 67, 250 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy this year enough to supply power to more than 52.5m people in 24 countries, according to America's Geothermal Energy Association.

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