Kenya: Geothermal Energy Helps Consumers Shrink Electricity Bills

KenGen to drop cost of electricity next year (The Citizen)

More geothermal energy generation has helped cut the the fuel cost component in electricity bills to Sh2.51 per kWh in February, from a high of Sh7.22. 

(Courtesy CIA.gov)

Electricity generating company KenGen has assured Kenyans that the cost of electricity will drop further in the coming months after an additional 511 megawatts of geothermal power is injected into the national grid in the coming year.

Chairman Joshua Choge said the extra megawatts will lift Kenya’s global ranking from the eighth largest producer of geothermal energy to the top five leading countries. Mr Choge said the country’s installed steam power capacity now stands at 579 MW.

The continued injection of geothermal power had pushed the fuel cost component in electricity bills to an all-time low of Sh2.51 per kWh in February, from a high of Sh7.22 per unit in August last year.

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