Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Fumarole in the Corbetti Caldera in Ethiopia

Natural geothermal steam (fumarole) rises from the ground in a ravine within the Corbetti Caldera. Photo credit: Robert Sauers, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

A girl observes visitors passing by in the Corbetti Caldera in Oromia Region. Photo credit: Gary Linden, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Ethiopian Tukul in the Corbetti Caldera

A tukul (traditional Ethiopian house) inside the Corbetti Caldera. Photo credit: Robert Sauers, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Boys in an Acacia Tree

Children climb an Acacia tree in the Corbetti Caldera. Photo credit: Robert Sauers, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

A smiling Oromo girl spotted near a well outside the Corbetti Caldera. Photo credit: Gary Linden, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

Oromo girls gathered near a well outside the Corbetti Caldera pose for a visitor. Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

Villagers travel long distances to this well outside the Corbetti Caldera in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Collecting Water in the Caldera

Local residents line up their jerrycans as they wait their turn to collect water from the natural geothermal steam (fumarole) rising from the ground in a ravine within the Corbetti Caldera. Photo credit: Robert Sauers, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

Villagers with donkeys to carry water follow visitors down a ravine where they go to collect water from the condensed steam. Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

Village women climb the hilly terrain with their donkeys inside the Corbetti Caldera to collect condensed steam. Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

Power Africa officials from various US Government agencies, other donors, financiers and Reykjavik Geothermal staff talk with the villagers inside the Corbetti Caldera where villagers collect water from steam emanating from the rocks. Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

The President's Power Africa Initiative Coordinator, Andrew Herscowitz, poses with village boys in the Corbetti Caldera where Power Africa is supporting the Government's transaction with Reykjavik Geothermal to develop a power plant. Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

Officials from agencies in the US President's Power Africa Initiative and Reykjavik Geothermal (RG) talk with village girls come to collect water from the condensed steam in this ravine of the Corbetti Caldera. RG plans to build a 1000 MW energy plant. Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

Reykjavik Geothermal Chief Operating Officer Gunnar Orn Gunnarsson places his hand to feel the heat emanating from a crevice in the rock. Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

Reykjavik Goethermal Chief Operating Officer Gunnar Orm Gunnarson (white shirt) is joined at a steamy spot by Power Africa and USAID officials Andy Herscowitz (l), Earl Gast (c) and Dennis Weller (r). Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

A young girl reacts to the heat and steam emanating from the rocks in a ravine inside the Corbetti Caldera. Villagers go there to collect condensed steam for water. Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

A view of one section of the rim of the crater from inside the Corbetti Caldera in Ethiopia's Rift Valley. Photo credit: Robert Sauers, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera- Natural Steam

Natural geothermal steam (fumarole) rises from the ground in a ravine within the Corbetti Caldera. Photo credit: Robert Sauers, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Donkeys Carrying Water

Donkeys carry water in the Corbetti Caldera in Ethiopia's Central Rift Valley, approximately 240 km south of Addis Ababa, the future site of a new geothermal facility that will be constructed by Reykjavik Geothermal, a U.S.-Icelandic company. Photo credit: Robert Sauers, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

A cluster of tukuls (traditional rural house and storage structures) inside the Corbetti Caldera Photo credit: Robert Sauers, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Fumarole in the Corbetti Caldera in Ethiopia

Natural geothermal steam (fumarole) rises from the ground in a ravine within the Corbetti Caldera. Photo credit: Robert Sauers, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

Natural geothermal steam (fumarole) rises from the ground in a ravine within the Corbetti Caldera. The Reykjavik Geothermal power plant will harness the steam to generate electric power. Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

Natural geothermal steam (fumarole) rises from the ground in a ravine within the Corbetti Caldera. Photo credit: Nena Terrell, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Corbetti Caldera

Surrounded by the rim of the volcanic crater, the Corbetti Caldera, approximately 240 km south of Addis Ababa, is the future site of a new geothermal facility that will be constructed by Reykjavik Geothermal and partners. Photo credit: Robert Sauers, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: The Corbetti Caldera in Ethiopia

Surrounded by volcanoes, the Corbetti Caldera, approximately 240 km south of Addis Ababa in the Oromia Region, is the future site of a new geothermal facility that will be constructed by Reykjavik Geothermal, a U.S.-Icelandic company. Photo credit: Robert Sauers, USAID Ethiopia.

Power Africa:The Corbetti Caldera Geothermal Project: Fumarole in the Corbetti Caldera in Ethiopia