Cut reliance on dirty thermal power to speed up clean energy shift
Monday January 02 2023
Cut reliance on dirty thermal power to speed up the clean energy shift. PHOTO | POOL
To make electricity more affordable to Kenyans and spur sustainable social and economic development, President William Ruto’s administration should speed up efforts to displace expensive and dirty thermal power from our electricity grid.The government aims to transition power generation to 100 per cent clean and affordable sources by 2030.This entails reducing our reliance on thermal power plants which run on imported and polluting heavy fuel oils (HFO), diesel, or kerosene.Without political will, the 2030 target can easily be missed.READ: Kenya taps first dispatch of Ethiopia power importKenya is lauded globally for being a leader in clean electricity, generating per cent of power from…