Kenya has done really well when it comes to increasing the share of renewable energy in its electricity generation mix. According to the latest Economic Survey from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), in 2021, Kenya’s total installed electricity generation capacity increased by 5.4% to 2,990 MW. The total effective capacity rose by 5.6% to 2,858 MW in the same period. The KNBS report defines the effective capacity as the maximum electric output a power station is expected to achieve given current operating constraints. The total electricity generation rose by 7.0% to 12,414 GWh in 2021, and the good news is that 89.6% of this electricity was generated from renewable sources.
Kenya’s renewable energy sector is driven by a good mix of geothermal, wind, hydro, and some utility scale solar. Kenya’s Great Rift Valley has an estimated geothermal potential of 10,000 MW….
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