Kenya has 23 power plants in this atlas, with 2,486 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Lake Turkana (310 MW, wind; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are hydro, geothermal and oil. Grid operators listed here include KETRACO and Kenya Power. Electricity is regulated by EPRA. Renewables supplied 91.5% of its electricity in 2024.
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.
Grid operators and electricity market in Kenya
Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators
Geothermal, hydro and wind supply around 90% of electricity.
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.
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.
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.
