Kenya
With a power score of 2.06, Kenya ranks number 19 among emerging markets and number 42 in the global power ranking.
- Emerging markets
- Africa
2.06 / 5
Power score
+16 places
Global power rank change
Overview
Kenya has a power score of 2.06, which puts it at rank 42 in the global power ranking, and rank 19 in the emerging markets power ranking. In comparison to 2021, Kenya has improved in the power rankings by 9 places, from rank 51, to rank 42.
At 2.06, the power score of Kenya is better than the regional average of 1.54 in the Africa region.
Regional power score comparison
Power
Power policy
Kenya implements policies in 5/6 power policy categories tracked by Climatescope, including Renewable energy target, Renewable energy auction, Feed-in Tariff, Net Metering, Import tax incentives, VAT incentives.
Power policies
Power prices and costs
The average electricity price in Kenya has dropped from 101.91 USD/MWh in 2021 to 74.12 USD/MWh in 2022. Since 2017, the average electricity price in Kenya has fluctuated between 74.12 USD/MWh (2022) and 161.63 USD/MWh (2017).
Power market
The top amount of capacity installed in Kenya in 2022 was in Geothermal at 26.21%, up from 23.87% in 2021. The technology with the biggest increase in capacity installed in 2022 was Solar PV at 21.23%, up from 16.76 in 2021.
Installed capacity (in MW)
Electricity generation (in GWh)
The largest electricity generating technology in Kenya in 2022 was Geothermal, generating some 40.21% of electricity, down from 42.29% in 2021. The technology with the biggest increase in eletricity generation in 2022 was Oil & Diesel at 13.06%, up from 7.53% in 2021.
Investment in clean energy in Kenya was around $68.4 million in 2022, an increase of 6129.51% from 2021 ($1.1 million). Between 2018 and 2022, the highest investment in clean energy was in 2018 at $1332.02 million, while the lowest was in 2021 with $1.1 million.
Utility privatisation
Which segments of the power sector are open to private participation?
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Wholesale power market
Does the country have a wholesale power market?
Doing business and barriers
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Currency of PPAs
Are other PPAs (eg. corporate PPAs) signed in or indexed to U.S. Dollars or Euro?
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Bilateral power contracts
Can a C&I (Commercial and Industrial) customer sign a long-term contract (PPA) for clean energy?
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Fossil fuel price distortions - Subsidies
Does the government keep the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuels artificially low through subsidies?
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Fossil fuel price distortions - Taxes and carbon prices
Does the government significantly increase the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuel through targeted taxes and/or carbon prices?
Transport
Transport policy
Kenya implements policies in 2/9 transport policy categories tracked by Climatescope, including Clean transport target, National ICE phase-out, EV purchase grant/loan incentive, EV VAT reduction/exemption, EV import tax reduction/exemption, EV income tax reduction/exemption, EV recurring tax reduction/exemption, EV charging infrastructure target, E-bus target.
Transport policies
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Fuel economy standards
Does the country have a fuel economy standard in place?
