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KENYABy
Mungai Kihara

Ministry of Energy
Renewable Energy Directorate
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COUNTRY OVERVIEW
Territory
Capital582,646 Sq. Kilometres
Nairobi
46.3 with over 65% youth
Population (m, 2017) growth rate 2.1% Urban pop
24%
GDP Growth Rate
5.8% (Economic Survey 2017)(2017)
Official Languages Kiswahili and English
Nominal GDP (2016) US$ 71.6 billion
GDP Per Capita
1,576(US$, 2016)
Currency
Kenya Shilling (“KES”)
Average Exchange USD/KES: 101.2 (throughRate
October 2017)
Multi-party democracy with five
System of(5) year election cycles sinceGovernment
1992
Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia,Borders
South Sudan, Somalia
No. Of Households

8.4 Million (Approximately)

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ECONOMY:
Agriculture and Horticulture - products:• Tea, coffee, cut flowers,• maize, wheat, pulses, fruit, vegetables, sugarcane;• dairy products, beef, fish, poultry, eggs etc.

Industries:• Small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries,textiles, clothing, soap, cigarettes, flour),• agricultural products, oil refining; aluminum, steel, lead;cement, commercial ship repair, etc

Services:• Tourism, financial, transportation, communication etc

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Organisationalstructure

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Reserves of energy andmineral resources
Energy/Mineral
Geothermal
Wind

Reserves (Approximately)
10000 MW of Electricity
Average of above 8m/s windspeeds in the best areas

Solar

Average of 6kW/m2
Irradiance
500 Million Barrels
1 Billion Metric Tonnes
55000 Metric Tonnes
20000 Metric Tonnes
50000 Metric Tonnes
470000 Metric Tonnes

Crude OilCoalLimestone
Carbon Dioxide Gas
Fluorspar
Soda Ash5

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Current energy policy andmeasures• The Energy Act 2006
• The Energy Policy (Sessional Paper No. 4 2004)• The Energy Bill• The Draft Energy Policy• The Feed in Tariffs Policy• The Geothermal Strategy and Policy (UnderPreparation)• The Draft Renewable Energy Auction Policy
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Primary energy supply (Unit: ktoe)
Primary Energy Supply
6000

5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Energy Supply (ktoe) Energy Supply (ktoe) Energy Supply (kto Energy Supply (ktoe) Energy Supply (ktoe)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)
Local Production (Mainly Electricity)

Imports (Mainly Petroleum Products, coal and coke)
Exports (Mainly Petroleum Products)

Data from Economic Survey 20177

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Primary energy supply (Unit: ktoe)
Primary Energy Supply
6000
5000

4000
3000
2000
1000
0

Energy Supply in2012 (ktoe)

Energy Supply in2013 (ktoe)

Energy Supply in2014 (ktoe)

Energy Supply in2015 (ktoe)

Coal and coke

Petroleum ProductsElectricity

Data from Economic Survey 2017

Energy Supply in2016 (ktoe)

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Final energy consumption (Unit:ktoe)
Final Energy Consumption
5000
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
10005000
EnergyConsumption in2016 (ktoe)

EnergyConsumption in2016 (ktoe)
Industry

EnergyConsumption in2016 (ktoe)

Transport

Domestic

EnergyConsumption in2016 (ktoe)

EnergyConsumption in2016 (ktoe)

Government

Data from Economic Survey 20179IEEJ：August 2018 © IEEJ2018

Electricity generation (Unit: GWh)
Electricity Generation
5,000
4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,0005000
Generation Gwh Generation Gwh Generation Gwh Generation Gwh Generation Gwh(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)
HydroThermal

GeothermalWind

Data fro Kenya Power Annual Report
2016-17

Imports

Biogas10

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Energy Prices (ElectricityGeneration)
TechnologyTypeGeothermal

Plant
Capacity(MW)35– 70

Energy Tariff($/kWh) at theInterconnection Point
0.088

Wind
Biomass
Small Hydro

0.5 – 50
0.5 – 50
0.5 – 5

0.10
0.10
Firm
Non-Firm
Firm
Non-firm
0.10
0.12
0.20

5.1 – 10
BiogasSolar

Grid
Off-grid

0.1 – 40
0.5-500.5 –10

Data from Feed-In Tariffs Policy 2012

0.75
0.10
0.75

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Electricity Generation up to 2037
GWh

MW

70000

12000

60000

10000

50000

8000

40000

6000

30000

4000

20000

00
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025
2027
2029
2031
2033
2035
2037

2000
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025
2027
2029
2031
2033
2035
2037

10000

Low

Low

ReferenceHigh

Data from Draft LCPDP 2017-2037

Reference

High
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Energy-related investment fordomestic and overseas• Transmission– Interconnectors• Ethiopia Kenya 500kVDC• Kenya Tanzania 400kV• Kenya Uganda 400kV• Generation– Geothermal– Coal – 981MW
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Major difficulties and bottlenecks• Lack of Reliable Data
• Disjointed Data
• Lack of Capacity

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Subjects you would like to study• Energy forecast• Energy supply and demand balancing• Energy and power economics

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