Principal Secretary for the
Speaking in Nakuru when he launched the drafting of the fourth Medium Term Plan (MTP IV 2023-2027) of the Energy Sub-Sector Plan, the PS said it was therefore imperative for the Energy sector stakeholders to undertake a SWOT analysis of the sector to enable them identify threats, challenges and available opportunities facing the sector so as to propose holistic plans that took into consideration the emerging issues.
Geothermal is the leading contributor of power to the national grid, accounting for 44.12 percent followed by hydropower at 26.98 percent. Thermal is below 13 percent. KenGen contributes 26 Megawatts to the nation grid from its wind power plant in Ngong hills.
This is in contrast to 2014 when the share of thermal was at a high of 34.49 percent due to erratic rains that reduced hydropower sources.
"The government and its development partners have increased Investments in green energy development to help diversify base load renewable electricity supply in the country and reduce in greenhouse gas emissions occasioned by fossil-fuel based alternatives," noted Kihalangwa.
Other green energy power plants under development in
"We are focused on achieving our targeted installed power generation capacity-- mostly from green sources-- to 3,500 Megawatts by 2025.
According to the Principal Secretary the number of households connected to electricity in the country increased by 1,452,984 households which he stated points to the fruits of the State's last-mile connectivity programme which was launched in 2014 mainly targeting rural areas.
Kihalangwa said
"The latest data from the
Kihalangwa stated that
He observed, "The Energy Progress Report for 2021, a product of a partnership between the
The report indicates that
"Among the 20 countries with the largest deficits,
In the past four years Kihalangwa pointed out that 841 kilometres of transmission lines with a circuit length of 1,594 kilometres and five substations were completed and had been energized as at
He said that more projects with a route length of 1,418 kilometres with a circuit length of 2,238 kilometres are in progress and expected to be completed by
"During the period 50 distribution power substations were completed. This contributed to enhanced performance and ease of distribution of power through load growth, technical power losses reduction and flexibility. Additionally, 13,046 K kilometres of medium voltage (MV) lines were constructed, effectively extending the MV network length to 86,986 kilometres," the Principal Secretary revealed.
Kihalangwa further indicated that 4,241 licenses were issued to various practitioners in the area of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.
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