In the five years from 2011 to 2016, Kenyas overall power generation is expected to increase by an annual average of 7.23% to reach 10.76TWh. Driving this growth will be a 9.85% annual average rise in the supply of renewables-based electricity.
Kenya plans to significantly increase the amount of energy generated by geothermal facilities. The country is already Africas largest producer of geothermal power thanks to its strategic position over shifting tectonic plates. Over the next two to three years, the government plans to invest US$1.4bn in the construction of several new geothermal power plants with a total installed generation capacity of 280MW.
By 2030, Kenya hopes to be generating 5GW of power from geothermal power; that would put Kenya among world leaders in geothermal terms.
