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Power plants in Kenya

23 power-plant records · 2,486 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 35%
  • Geothermal 26%
  • Oil 26%
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Kenya at a glance

Power-plant records
23
Reported capacity
2,486 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
91.5%
Most records
Hydro, Geothermal
Capital
Nairobi

Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Kenya

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Geothermal, hydro and wind supply around 90% of electricity.

  1. GenerationState utility + private producers
  2. TransmissionOne state buyer
  3. DistributionUtility networks
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • EPRAEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

Kenya Power (KPLC), majority state-owned, buys all power and distributes it; KETRACO builds transmission; KenGen is the main generator.

Markets & power exchanges

No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.

Regional grid

  • Eastern Africa Power PoolRegional grid

    Member of the Eastern Africa Power Pool, which coordinates cross-border lines and power trade between eastern African utilities.

What does “Single buyer” mean?

Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Kenya generates electricity

Electricity generated13.3 TWh
Renewable share91.5%
Low-carbon share91.5%
Carbon intensity85.2 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro3.1 TWh
Wind2.2 TWh
Solar0.66 TWh
Bioenergy0.2 TWh
Other renewables6 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil1.1 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Kenya is in Eastern Africa. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Nairobi
Languages
English, Swahili
Region
Eastern Africa

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 23 records for Kenya. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

23 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

1 lack an owner/operator; 2 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Kenya

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Browse 23 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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